Local departments and sheriff’s offices say they are still operating with pandemic protocols, but more officers are out in the field actively patrolling.
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Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court ruling gives OK to more suits against police for excessive force
The Supreme Court is siding with a New Mexico woman who was shot by police as she drove away from them.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
York man arrested on 6th OUI charge after repeatedly crashing into car in Massachusetts
David Peck, 57, is released on conditions pending a pre-trial hearing March 31.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner police officer crashes after attempting to catch speeding individual
Gardiner Police Cheif Jim Toman said that Officer Allen Alexander sustained injuries but is expected to make a full recovery.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Maine Criminal Justice Academy suspends training after 2 test positive for COVID-19
The same class that had their training suspended in March, but made headway in April and had only two in-person training regimens to go.
Posted inMaine, News
Three Yarmouth firefighters, police officer injured in stairwell collapse
The first responders were transporting a patient when an exterior stairwell collapsed early Friday morning.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Tending to a hurt kitten
When Maxine Johnson’s kitten Rocky returned home four days after going missing in Norridgewock, it was severely injured and the veterinarian said it had been stomped on by a human.
Posted inMaine, News
Farmington police chief resigns to take post at Maine Criminal Justice Academy
Jack Peck Jr. has accepted the position of assistant director at the Vassalboro training center.
Posted inNation & World
Former Wisconsin police chief to review Jacob Blake shooting
Noble Wray will serve as an independent consultant for prosecutors weighing possible charges against the officer who shot Blake.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville transient, 23, found dead after hours-long standoff on Highwood Street
Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey said at a media briefing on Wednesday afternoon that just before 4 a.m. the body of James Croxford, 23, was found dead with a firearm nearby in the basement of a vacant building.