The International Association of Chiefs recognized the department’s strides in training officers how to best deal with people with mental illness.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
Portland schools, city continue work on body camera negotiations
The police chief stressed a desire to start using the cameras right away at a board meeting in November, but school officials say there is no firm timeline for working out an agreement governing the rules for their use.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Singing officer tweaks ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’
Officer Jeremy Turner rewrites and sings the lyrics of “12 Days of Christmas” with a focus on law enforcement.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Portland should ban face-scanning software – now
This technology exists not to protect us but to track us, making it incompatible with our nation’s ideas about freedom and liberty.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Portland right to put the brakes on surveillance tech
Police cameras in the schools and use of facial recognition software represent erosions of privacy that should not be taken lightly.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine, federal lawmakers should rein in facial surveillance
We need strong policies to keep the powerful technology from being misused.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: School cops’ camera data should stay in school
The unique role of a school resource officer requires unique policy on information recorded by police body cameras.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education
Portland police chief walks out of meeting as school board asks for more time on body camera issue
Board members voted unanimously to ask the police department to put a hold on having school resource officers use body cameras.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Michael Chitwood, Portland’s never-boring former chief, retiring after 55 years as a cop
Chitwood was the high-profile head of Portland’s department for 17 years, until 2005, when he was appointed as top cop in a suburban Philadelphia community.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Lessons to learn from a school resource officer
Law enforcement plays a growing role in Maine schools, prompting questions of accountability and the impact on kids.