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Training
New Detroit Chief Leaves Cincinnati Force
Detroit native and Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig will return to his hometown to lead the police force for a city teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
May 13, 2013
Training
Detroit Police Union: New Chief a 'Cop's Cop'
The Detroit Police Department's patrol union president welcomed the new chief as a "cop's cop" and told POLICE Magazine he's looking forward to working with him.
May 31, 2013
Patrol
Maine Couple Arrested for Videoing Officers Sues Portland Officer
The lawsuit, brought with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, says that Jill Walker and Sabatino Scattoloni were charged with obstructing government administration on May 25 in downtown Portland.
September 16, 2014
Patrol
ACLU Calls for Portland PD to Change Response to Trump Protests
Many observers have noticed a change in the tolerance level of police for protesters blocking streets under Mayor Ted Wheeler. Protests taking place in 2016, before Wheeler took office, included hours of blocked streets.
February 22, 2017
Patrol
Portland PD Chief Wants to Transform Training From 'Fear-Based' to 'Competency and Confidence'
A month into his new job as Portland's police chief, Mike Reese said Tuesday he wants to transform training from a "fear-based model" -- where officers are taught to think a motorist reaching toward a floorboard is going for a gun -- to one founded on "competency and confidence" -- where a mentally ill man isn't treated like a bank robber.
June 15, 2010
Patrol
Video: ACLU Calls for Portland PD to Change Response to Trump Protests
Many observers have noticed a change in the tolerance level of police for protesters blocking streets under Mayor Ted Wheeler. Protests taking place in 2016, before Wheeler took office, included hours of blocked streets.
February 22, 2017
Training
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
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