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.
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Waterville police say gunfire situation ‘resolved’ overnight
Police on Tuesday night were using a loudspeaker to communicate with a person who was barricaded inside a vacant house near 150 College Ave.
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Tensions heightened over fatal police shooting of Black man in Louisiana
Officers shot Trayford Pellerin as he tried to enter a convenience store with a knife.
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Parents of Elijah McClain sue Colorado police over his death
The lawsuit alleges McClain was unlawfully stopped and three of the officers simultaneously placed their body weight on the 23-year-old after a chokehold.
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Hundreds ransack downtown Chicago businesses after shooting
When police shot a man after he opened fire on officers Sunday afternoon, the incident apparently prompted a social media post hours later urging looters to converge on the business district, police say.
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ProPublica posts NYPD records, bypassing judge’s blockade
The database contains 12,056 complaints against 3,996 police officers.
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Violence, protests, arrival of agents put Chicago on edge
A surge in gun violence recently included a gang gun battle outside a funeral.
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Federal presence in Oregon gives protests new momentum
Far from tamping down the unrest, the presence of federal agents on the streets of Portland, Oregon, has given new momentum and a renewed, laser-sharp focus to protests that had begun to devolve into smaller, chaotic crowds.
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Superintendent’s Notebook: SRO decision the result of lessons learned
I fully support the Portland Board of Public Education’s recent decision to discontinue police school resource officers in our schools. That’s a statement I would not have made as recently as last fall, when we first started discussing the SRO issue. What started as a recommendation for SROs to wear body cameras evolved into a […]
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Our View: Portland weighs complex issue of school safety
The Board of Education’s 7-2 votes to end its contract for school-based police in response to community concerns.