law enforcement

Published
May 12, 2025

Waterville teacher who threatened Trump supporters says she is ‘deeply ashamed’

JoAnna St. Germain said she was suffering from extreme insomnia and other mental health issues when she made posts on social media calling for the military and U.S. Secret Service to 'take out' Trump supporters.
Published
April 16, 2025

Scarborough’s new police cameras put to work

Prior to implementing a body and cruiser camera system last month, the Scarborough Police Department was the only police department in Cumberland County without one.
Published
February 6, 2025

New body armor approved for Farmington police officers

Carry over funds from last year will be used to purchase 13 sets of lighter weight body armor than is currently being used.
Published
July 3, 2024

She took on a small Mississippi town’s police. Then they arrested her.

Days before, Jill Collen Jefferson had met with Justice Department investigators from Washington. She hoped to turn their attention to this small-town police force, whose new Black police chief, Charles Henderson, was accused of continuing racist and discriminatory practices of the White commander he replaced.
Published
May 30, 2024

The Maine Idea: Sheriff ‘impeachment’ underlines need for change

Published
April 29, 2024

Four law officers killed, 4 wounded while serving warrant in North Carolina, police say

Officers killed a suspect after shots were fired, police said, but then a second person opened fire. After a 3-hour standoff, a woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home; both are being questioned.
Published
March 19, 2024

Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ deputies get yearslong sentences for racist torture of 2 Black men

In early 2023, a white person phoned a deputy to complain that 2 Black men were staying with a white woman. The group of 6 officers later burst into the home without a warrant and heinously assaulted Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
Published
March 14, 2024

Maine regulators might let utilities report surges in power use as way to identify illegal cannabis grows

Versant Power, which calls illegal marijuana operations an 'escalating problem,' proposed the change to allow it, CMP and other utilities to disclose confidential customer information to law enforcement when there is 'good faith belief' of a crime.
Published
January 7, 2024

Maine law enforcement agencies struggle to get new recruits in the door

While some police department leaders report moderate improvements, everyone agrees it has gotten far more challenging to get to full staff.
Published
November 7, 2023

‘Send all you have’: Brunswick police officers, special response team, drone responded to Lewiston mass shooting

Brunswick police officers spent nearly 600 hours responding to the Lewiston mass shooting and ensuing manhunt.