The Press Herald has reviewed nearly two dozen traffic stops where Border Patrol was involved, often because local agencies called them in.
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Do police officers in Maine have to be U.S. citizens? | Fact brief
The Maine Criminal Justice Academy sets eligibility requirements for law enforcement officers statewide, though local jurisdictions can impose their own specific requirements.
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Jared Golden introduces bill to increase penalties for crimes against law enforcement officers, judges
The Back the Blue Act proposes a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years for anyone who kills a federal law enforcement officer, a U.S. judge or a federally funded public safety officer.
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Waterville teacher who threatened Trump supporters says she is ‘deeply ashamed’
JoAnna St. Germain said she was suffering from extreme insomnia and other mental health issues when she made posts on social media calling for the military and U.S. Secret Service to ‘take out’ Trump supporters.
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Scarborough’s new police cameras put to work
Prior to implementing a body and cruiser camera system last month, the Scarborough Police Department was the only police department in Cumberland County without one.
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New body armor approved for Farmington police officers
Carry over funds from last year will be used to purchase 13 sets of lighter weight body armor than is currently being used.
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She took on a small Mississippi town’s police. Then they arrested her.
Days before, Jill Collen Jefferson had met with Justice Department investigators from Washington. She hoped to turn their attention to this small-town police force, whose new Black police chief, Charles Henderson, was accused of continuing racist and discriminatory practices of the White commander he replaced.
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The Maine Idea: Sheriff ‘impeachment’ underlines need for change
After a lengthy, unusual and at points downright odd set of proceedings, Oxford County Sheriff Christopher Wainwright kept his office when Gov. Janet Mills declined to use her authority to remove him. Mills accepted recommendations on May 13 from former Supreme Judicial Court Justice Donald Alexander, who she appointed to hear charges brought by the […]
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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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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.