Jennifer walked into her college radio station as a 17-year-old freshman and never looked back. Even though she was terrified of the microphone back then and spoke into it as little as possible she loved the studio, the atmosphere and, most of all, the people who work in broadcasting. She was hooked. Decades later, she’s back behind the radio microphone hosting Maine Public Radio’s flagship talk program, Maine Calling. She’s not afraid of the mic anymore, but still loves the bright, eclectic people she gets to work with every day.
Maine State Police respond to newspaper allegations of secretive practices
Maine State Police Col. John Cote released a lengthy rebuttal to ‘set the record straight’ a week after the investigative report was published Author: Hannah Dineen (NEWS CENTER Maine), NEWS CENTER Maine Staff Published: 8:24 PM EDT April 26, 2021 Updated: 11:14 PM EDT April 26, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine One week after the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram and Bangor Daily News published their Pulitzer Center-funded investigation into the Maine State Police’s “secretive” practices, the State Police released a lengthy rebuttal.
The papers’ report alleges officer misdeeds are kept secret, which “defies the intent of the state law that makes discipline records public, according to those who helped craft the statute 30 years ago,” reporter Callie Ferguson, Matt Byrne, and Erin Rhoda wrote.
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Our View: Maine State Police should stop hiding officer misconduct records
An overly strict interpretation of state law leads the agency to cut short investigations, obscure findings and destroy records that should be public.
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Police departments all over the country are being challenged to demonstrate their respect for the law and commitment to public service, as new videos of overaggressive policing and excessive force become an almost daily feature on the national news.
But here in Maine, the State Police appear comfortable keeping the public in the dark. The state’s biggest police department withholds so much information about its officers who have been disciplined for misconduct as to make the disclosures meaningless. This has got to change.
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