Versant Power, which calls illegal marijuana operations an ‘escalating problem,’ proposed the change to allow it, CMP and other utilities to disclose confidential customer information to law enforcement when there is ‘good faith belief’ of a crime.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Maine law enforcement agencies struggle to get new recruits in the door
While some police department leaders report moderate improvements, everyone agrees it has gotten far more challenging to get to full staff.
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Posted inMaine
Waterville audience learns of efforts by veterans group to fight fascist rise
Kristofer Goldsmith, a former sergeant in the U.S. Army, is head of a nonprofit task force that works with state and federal law enforcement and others to counter extremism and gather intelligence on dangerous people and organizations.
Posted inNews
Culture change: Brunswick police want more women in their ranks
Brunswick police became the first municipal law enforcement agency in Maine to sign on to a national initiative to boost representation of women officers.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine law change will require details of misconduct in police disciplinary documents
Specific information about misconduct must be disclosed in the disciplinary records of police officers and other public employees under law changes signed by Gov. MIlls, but recommendations to require record retention were not included.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Pandemic shortages limit OUI arrests, but numbers still climb
The number of OUI arrests has jumped dramatically in some southern Maine communities, a trend public safety officials say traces back to the pandemic.
Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
Maine Gun Safety Coalition to hold gun giveback at multiple locations
At the Saturday event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., people can drop off guns and ammunition and gun owners can get safe storage devices.
Posted inMaine, News
Review of police shootings focuses on need for more preventive mental health services
People who are shot by police are often in mental health crisis and armed, the Deadly Force Review Panel said. There are chances long before shootings to head off tragedy with help.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Norway motel hosts law enforcement officers, K9s for training
In the past it was not unusual to see police vehicles at the old Inn Town Motel. These days law enforcement and their K9 partners have free run for training while the motel is closed for renovations.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Sabattus voters to decide fate of the town’s police department: to keep or to outsource
The department is down four positions on a force of nine. Interim Chief Dan Davies says more money is needed to keep qualified cops.