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PublishedSeptember 20, 2023
Police: Waterville man hospitalized after leading officers on multicounty chase in stolen fuel truck
Paul Hatch, 37, was injured after the truck flipped onto its side on state Route 133, according to officials. He is expected to be transferred to the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta after being released from the hospital.
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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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PublishedJune 21, 2023
Portland council working to establish ethics, police boards approved by voters
There's no firm deadline for when the 2 must be in place, but it's likely to still be several months before they're operational.
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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 21, 2023
Fatal police shootings are still going up, and nobody knows why
The majority of people police shot and killed were armed. And, as in prior years, about one quarter of people killed were in the throes of a mental or emotional crisis.
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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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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
Elwood Watson: Tyre Nichols’ death shows how racism even impacts black officers
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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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