AUBURN — When Phil Crowell, the city’s longtime police chief, addressed a crowd gathered to honor his retirement Friday, he admitted he was emotional about leaving the department. He was minutes away from receiving his final retirement send off or “ride out,” saluted by others in law enforcement, and he knew it would be bittersweet. […]
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Sexual violence vastly underreported
For nearly 80 years, the FBI has collected national crime data. The Uniform Crime Report is the method used to provide statistical data regarding violent and victim crimes. The UCR provides information regarding “Part 1 Crimes” which are the eight personal and property crimes that the FBI considers to be “major.” As a police chief […]
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A strong, healthy start in life
The recent announcement that the Androscoggin County Head Start and child care, Promise Early Education Center, will receive $1.3 million in additional federal funding is great news. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King deserve thanks for their support of these important early learning programs. As Auburn police chief and board member of Promise Early Education […]
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Auburn's Chief Crowell named "Chief of the Year"
AUBURN — Police Chief Phillip Crowell Jr. has been named Chief of the Year by the Maine Chiefs of Police Association at its annual awards banquet Friday in South Portland. “The Maine Chiefs of Police Association is an amazing organization for law enforcement agencies in the state of Maine, and to be recognized by my […]
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Children need high quality child care
As law enforcement officials, we know we won’t always be in the right place at the right time to stop a crime as it is committed. It is a hard reality that much of our work happens after someone has been hurt or something has been lost. That is why it is important to have […]
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Early learning programs valuable
I was encouraged to see my former law enforcement colleague Auburn Police Chief Phil Crowell’s wise words about the importance of protecting Head Start (“Head Start a worthy investment for Maine,” March 5). Quality early education programs, including Head Start, are important to society for so many reasons. Chief Crowell focused on one of the […]
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Head Start a worthy investment for Maine
As Auburn’s chief of police, I have witnessed too many at-risk youth grow up to become involved in crime, and I know that for many of these kids, their lives did not have to turn out that way. If they had had the opportunity to participate in quality, early-learning programs, such as Head Start, they […]
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Auburn police wants students to “make it home alive”
AUBURN — Edward Little High School officials and Auburn police are partnering to help students “make it home alive” this prom season by holding a mock fatal car wreck, according to Deputy Chief Jason Moen. The wreck will be staged in the high school parking lot at 9 a.m. Wednesday and all of the actors will […]
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Auburn chief outlines pros, cons of joining fire and police
AUBURN — Nobody in Auburn Hall seemed excited about plans to combine police and fire services into a single department, but city councilors will continue to investigate the idea as they work on their fiscal year 2016-17 budget. Councilors heard a report from Police Chief Phil Crowell about how a new Public Safety Department would […]
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Auburn council may want narrower focus on police initiative
AUBURN — City councilors may want a police-led effort to focus on revitalizing the poorest areas of the city to have a narrower focus, they said Monday. “We can’t do it all at once,” Mayor Jonathan LaBonte said. “We have to pick one area and we need the schools to work with us and then […]