Tag: Maine agencies: Page 6

Patrol

Off-Duty Maine Deputy Disarms Man With Gun

Cumberland County (Maine) Sheriff's Deputy Richard Kimball helped disarm and detain a suicidal man who was waving a handgun toward passing rush-hour traffic.

March 28, 2012

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 Officer Pulls Man From Burning Car

Officer Andrew Weatherbee used his collapsible baton to shatter the vehicle's rear window and pulled 33-year-old Shaun Parsons to safety as flames spread through the vehicle.

October 9, 2011

Technology

Website with Video of Maine Police Shooting Shuts Down

The web site Portlandpolicebrutality.com has been taken down. The site had included a video of the April shooting of Jonathan Mitchell, who was struck by two rounds from officers Robert Miller and David Schertz.

July 26, 2011

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 Officer Denied Ballot After Declining to Surrender Weapon

During a press conference, Bangor Chief Ron Gastia said officers aren't required to surrender their firearms to vote. And the election warden who turned the officer away has been dismissed.

November 1, 2010

Patrol

Maine Officer Saves Suicidal Woman From Attempted Bridge Jump

On Dec. 13, 2009, Officer Rob Angelo of the Bangor (Maine) Police Department drew on his 18 years of law enforcement experience to keep a distraught woman from jumping into an icy river to her death. For his actions he was named the August 2010 Officer of the Month by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

August 11, 2010

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