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PublishedOctober 23, 2024
Homeland Security grants approved for Farmington police and fire departments
Farmington Police Department received $18,000 while Farmington Fire Rescue was awarded $16,433.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2024
Phillips-based school district supports hiring school resource officer
Franklin County Sheriff's Office presents information on hiring and cost of an officer.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2024
Two Farmington businesses support Police Department’s active shooter training
Franklin Savings Bank donated $2,000 and Kyes Insurance chipped in $1,641 to cover costs for active shooter training held earlier this year in Farmington.
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PublishedApril 29, 2024
Four law officers killed, 4 wounded while serving warrant in North Carolina, police say
Officers killed a suspect after shots were fired, police said, but then a second person opened fire. After a 3-hour standoff, a woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home; both are being questioned.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ deputies get yearslong sentences for racist torture of 2 Black men
In early 2023, a white person phoned a deputy to complain that 2 Black men were staying with a white woman. The group of 6 officers later burst into the home without a warrant and heinously assaulted Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2024
Maine regulators might let utilities report surges in power use as way to identify illegal cannabis grows
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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PublishedJanuary 7, 2024
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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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
‘Send all you have’: Brunswick police officers, special response team, drone responded to Lewiston mass shooting
Brunswick police officers spent nearly 600 hours responding to the Lewiston mass shooting and ensuing manhunt.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2023
Richmond residents to vote on retirement plan to attract police officer candidates
The plan would allow full-time officers to qualify for retirement after 25 years of service, instead of after turning 60 years old.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2023
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.
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