law enforcement

Published
March 4, 2023

Commentary: Police working to repair Maine’s broken system of crisis response

Partnerships with mental health and substance use liaisons allow us to embed skilled professionals with police officers on calls. That’s what a robust, appropriate response looks like.
Published
February 18, 2023

Our View: Maine Deadly Force Review Panel report doesn’t shed enough light

Failures to deescalate situations we can clearly understand. Why don't we know more about the police interventions that succeed?
Published
January 31, 2023

Commentary: The grinding persistence of America’s police problem

The videotaped death of Tyre Nichols is as shocking as it is utterly familiar.
Published
January 15, 2023

The Maine Millennial: Looking at Portland’s racial disparity in arrests, and weighing what it means

What I know is that bias is pervasive, even if most of us don’t think of ourselves as biased at all.
Published
December 16, 2022

Maine police academy graduates 62 cadets

The officers include nine women and represent 42 police agencies from York to Madawaska.
Published
December 5, 2022

Commentary: When police chiefs dial 911, law-and-order representatives need to answer

It is time for our new congressional leaders to make history by bringing a new era of unity to our tired old partisan gun politics.
Published
December 4, 2022

Maine Voices: Police-worn body cameras can restore faith in criminal justice

The 2014 killing of Michael Brown by a police officer resulted in calls for mandatory use of body cameras. Momentum has since dropped off. Why?
Published
September 24, 2022

Pandemic shortages limit OUI arrests, but numbers still climb

The number of OUI arrests has jumped dramatically in some southern Maine communities, a trend public safety officials say traces back to the pandemic.
Published
July 29, 2022

ACLU says pot store camera requirements violate Maine’s ban on facial surveillance

State regulators say the draft rules to require recreational cannabis stores to use video cameras to record shoppers' faces simply update existing requirements to cover newly approved cannabis delivery.
Published
June 9, 2022

Maine Gun Safety Coalition to hold gun giveback at multiple locations

At the Saturday event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., people can drop off guns and ammunition and gun owners can get safe storage devices.