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Maine Trooper Cleared In Shooting
A Maine State Police trooper was justified in using deadly force when a man pointed a hunting rifle at him in June, the state's attorney general announced Tuesday.
October 8, 2013
Technology
Maine Sheriff Suggests Regionalized Policing
Sheriff Philip Cote of York County, Maine, says now is the time to regionalize the county's municipal police departments and charge rural towns a premium for sheriff's patrol services.
December 26, 2002
Patrol
Crowd Assaults Maine Officers with Fireworks
Portland police spokesperson David Singer said in a press release Tuesday that an estimated 300 people gathered around Kennedy Park around 9 p.m. where officers were targeted and shot at with fireworks when they tried to break up the crowd.
July 7, 2021
Training
Maine State Police Face Trooper Shortage
The Maine State Police have 27 openings for troopers and expect 40 more to retire in 2011, which will leave the agency with the most openings in more than 20 years.
November 6, 2010
Patrol
Maine Man Sexually Assaults Undercover Officer
Allen Hahn, 64, approached the officer at 1 p.m. Thursday and after a brief conversation grabbed the officer's genitals through his clothing and asked, "Are we doing this?"
May 5, 2013
Patrol
Teen Charged With Assaulting Maine Deputy
A teenager was charged with assaulting a police officer and aggravated criminal trespass after he allegedly broke into a Newfield, ME, home with residents inside Saturday and later punched a deputy.
September 6, 2016
Special Units
Man's Gun Tattoo Triggers Maine Police Callout
Smith, who’d gone back to bed, was awakened again minutes later — this time by Maine State Police at his front door, backed up by a group of troopers with assault rifles in his driveway. They were asking him via a megaphone to come out of his house.
March 19, 2014
Vehicles
Maine Company Introduces Dual-Tracked SWAT Bot
A southern Maine company that produces robotic vehicles for movies and the military has introduced the SWAT Bot, a dual-tracked armored robotic vehicle for high-risk tactical situations.
April 23, 2013
Patrol
Small Maine Town Debates Disbanding Police Department
More than 150 residents of the small coastal Maine town of Gouldsboro gathered on Monday night to debate the merits of keeping or disbanding its police department.
May 2, 2019
Patrol
Suspect Attempts 'Triangle Choke' On Maine Officer
A Bangor (Maine) Police officer defeated a martial arts move to arrest a domestic violence suspect on Monday afternoon.
December 3, 2012
Patrol
Maine Trooper Injured in Tractor Trailer Crash
Police said Davis' cruiser was rear-ended by a tractor trailer near mile 70 northbound in New Gloucester around 5 a.m. Friday. He was stopped on the side of the highway to investigate two cars that had slid off the highway in icy conditions, police said.
December 21, 2018
Training
Maine Increases Training Requirements for Reserves
Reserve officers will have to complete a 40-hour online course, meet a physical fitness requirement, then take 80 hours of practical instruction, before serving under a field training officer for another 80 hours.
June 21, 2011
Weapons
Small Arsenal Seized From Maine Suspect
A Maine man who was pulled over Sunday on the Maine Turnpike with an AK-47 assault rifle, several semi-automatic handguns, ammunition and news clippings about the Colorado theater shootings in his car remained in jail Monday on $50,000 cash bail.
July 23, 2012
Patrol
Police Chief Loosens Cap Rule in Maine
The new police chief in Portland, Maine, has said officers shouldn't be required to always wear their hats while patrolling this city of 64,000 residents, the Portland Press Herald reports.
May 17, 2009
Patrol
Maine Cop Shot In Woods by State Wardens
A Rumford (Maine) Police Department officer was fatally shot in the woods by a Maine warden near the officer's home early Thursday. The death of Eric Richard, 46, is currently under investigation. The exact circumstances are not known.
November 9, 2011
Patrol
Maine Town to Vote on Disbanding Police Department
The citizens in the town of Gouldsboro, ME, are facing a vote on whether or not to disband its police department and hand over law enforcement duties to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
May 30, 2019
Patrol
Maine Officer Stuck by Suspect's Bloody Heroin Needle
A traffic stop for a speeding ticket escalated quickly in Wiscasset, Maine, this weekend, and ended with assault charges and an officer in the hospital when the officer was stuck with a used heroin needle. More Here.
September 14, 2017
Patrol
Video: Maine Officers Rescue Skunk from Tricky Predicament
An officer with the Portland (ME) Police Department had to strategize for a little while before rescuing a skunk that had managed to get its head stuck in an aluminum soda can on Tuesday morning.
July 31, 2019
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