Investments should ensure that social service professionals respond to people in need, and police are called upon to respond only to public safety issues.
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Portland police chief: ‘The police are the public and the public are the police’
This concept represents the basic relationship between our police officers and our communities. We stand with you because we are you.
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Maine Voices: Managing COVID anxiety in Maine – with strategies from New York’s polio years
Carrying extra masks, a Bronx-born ‘defensive pessimist’ welcomes the crowds of summer.
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Jail staff followed rules in pepper spraying mentally ill inmates, corrections department says
But the advocate who sought the review says it makes no mention of accommodations for such inmates as required by law.
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Milestone Recovery president: Homeless outreach effort shows how ‘defunding’ can work
Portland’s HOME Team responds to a need that it is better equipped to handle, using money that would otherwise go to the police.
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Maine Voices: Rejection of LGBTQ youth can be fatal
It is time for older folks to accept young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning.
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Leonard Pitts: NBA restart would distract us from very serious issues. And that would be great
I can’t be the only one who needs to scream at a number that’s only a score, not a death toll.
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Mental health, Riverview officials criticize Cumberland County pepper spray incident
A patient being transported from Cumberland County Jail to Riverview Psychiatric Center was pepper sprayed, and the spray was not properly washed off prior to arrival at Riverview, officials said.
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Maine Voices: Recovery community offers insight into living during lockdown
Connection, structure and the ability to laugh at yourself are key to surviving and helping others make it through, too.
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Federal mental health grants canceled because Maine has legal marijuana
A federal agency wipes out $3.3 million to students who have medical authorization.