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    Maine Law Enforcement Memorial Observance 2021 - Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal | of | Share this photo

    Hilary Campbell, right, kneels with her niece Camille Rose Arsenault, left, and son Everett Campbell as they look at the name of her late husband, Maine State Police Detective Ben Campbell, after a ceremony Tuesday at the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Augusta. Detective Campbell died in April 2019 when he was hit by a tire while helping a disabled vehicle on Interstate 95 in Hampden. His was the 87th and newest name added to the wall.

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    Maine State Police Detective Benjamin J. Campbell's name is the newest addition to the 87 names on the granite wall seen Tuesday during the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony in Augusta.

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    Augusta police Chief Jared Mills, president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, speaks Tuesday during a ceremony at the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Augusta.

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    Dozens of Maine State Police troopers and other law enforcement officers took part in a memorial ceremony Tuesday at the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Augusta. Officers stood in rows in the back behind spectators in chairs in the middle of a closed section of State Street near the Maine State House.

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    Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks Tuesday during a ceremony at the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Augusta.

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    Augusta police Chief Jared Mills, president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, like all the other officers at the ceremony, had a black band over his badge Tuesday at the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Augusta.

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