Maine National Guard troops will deploy to Mexican border
The troops are expected to remain at the Southwest border for about a year.
See the Maine police oversight bills and who’s supporting and opposing them
As most states around the country have passed police oversight legislation in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Maine’s legislative decisions are still to come.
Behind the scenes of investigating the Maine State Police
How two competing newspapers joined forces in lawsuit, investigation.
A trooper hit his wife. The Maine State Police sent him to rehab.
“No one was listening,” Amy Burns said. “If I had died in this whole situation, no one would have known.”
A look at the misconduct hidden by Maine’s largest police force
In investigating the misconduct, the Bangor Daily News and Portland Press Herald discovered the Maine State Police may not be holding officers accountable to a level the public would find acceptable.
Inside the Maine State Police, officer misdeeds are kept secret
The secrecy defies the intent of the state law making officer discipline public.
Read the Maine State Police discipline records
Now the public can see more than five years of discipline for the misconduct of officers in the Maine State Police and observe how most records share little detail.
Police show support for bill to expand their overseer’s discipline authority
“Nothing undermines the public trust that we must have in our law enforcement officers more than a bad cop,” Rep. David McCrea, D-Fort Fairfield, said.
A prosecutor ended his police career. He doesn’t understand why she won’t hear his side.
Former Millinocket police officer Paul Gamble’s 18-year career in law enforcement came to an abrupt end in July 2019 when his boss, the police chief, told the local district attorney’s office that Gamble had lied on a police report about taking a photograph of a domestic violence victim’s injuries.
A prosecutor worried he wasn’t credible. Then Millinocket hired him as police chief.
Two years and $240,000 worth of settlements later, the police department is gone.
Bill to let governor place Maine sheriffs on leave draws no opposition
While no one opposed the bill during public testimony Monday, lawmakers and others pointed to the need for possible changes and clarifications to it.
A Maine sheriff didn’t punish a top officer investigated for targeting employees
Some staff said the lack of action eroded their trust in the Kennebec County sheriff.
Head of Maine’s most prominent mental health group resigns after allegations of toxic workplace
Jenna Mehnert has resigned as CEO of NAMI Maine, the organization announced Friday, after coming under fire for her treatment of employees.
Linda Smithers, who transformed Maine police oversight from outside, dies
“I would say, single handedly, as a citizen of the state of Maine, she probably made the greatest contribution to the positive changes in law enforcement that I’ve ever seen,” said the former director of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.
Somerset County hands over officer discipline records after denying their existence last year
About a quarter of Somerset County Sheriff’s Office discipline records over the last five years do not describe why officers were punished, obscuring the misconduct of those entrusted with maintaining the county’s safety.
BDN sues Maine State Police for records detailing officer misconduct
The Bangor Daily News filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Maine State Police to force it to unredact discipline records detailing the misconduct of its officers.
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