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PublishedAugust 18, 2023
Hallowell hires former Topsham officer as its new police chief
Chris Lewis will succeed Scott MacMaster, who left to become a patrol officer in Gardiner earlier this year.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2023
Ex-Mississippi officers plead guilty to racist assault on 2 Black men during raid
The civil rights charges come after an Associated Press investigation linked the deputies to at least 4 violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left 2 dead and another with lasting injuries.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2023
Hundreds of New England officers honor one of their own: 19-year-old who died in car chase
Jessica Ebbighausen was hired as a part-time police officer in Vermont in May.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2023
Boothbay Harbor man charged with attempted murder after lengthy standoff
Police arrested 40-year-old Matthew Plummer at an apartment complex in Boothbay Harbor early Monday morning, more than 10 hours after Plummer allegedly shot a man in a nearby parking lot.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2023
Hallowell council appoints police department sergeant as interim chief
The appointment of Sgt. Christopher Giles as interim police chief comes as former Chief Scott MacMaster is leaving the top job to become a patrol officer for the Gardiner Police Department.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2023
Memphis officer took, shared photos of bloodied Tyre Nichols
Documents released Tuesday are part of a request by the Memphis Police Department that the five officers who have been charged with murder be decertified and prohibited from working in law enforcement again.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture
Nichols' fatal encounter with police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, is a glaring reminder that efforts to reform policing have failed to prevent more flashpoints in an intractable epidemic of brutality.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
Louisiana officers charged in Black motorist’s deadly arrest
The federal grand jury investigation, which expanded last year to examine whether state police brass obstructed justice to protect the troopers, remains open.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2022
Former Greenville police chief, Augusta police officer, pleads guilty to arson, burglary
Jeffrey Pomerleau pleaded guilty to five charges, two of them felonies, but will have all but one misdemeanor dismissed if he completes a Veterans Court treatment program.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2022
Approval of armed police robots in San Francisco renews debate
Maine is among the places where police have used robots over the past decade to communicate with barricaded suspects and to enter potentially dangerous spaces.
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