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As Maine State Police shifts more of its focus to highway safety along the interstate system and criminal investigations, cash-strapped counties lack the resources to hire more deputies to fill the void.

As Maine State Police shifts more of its focus to highway safety along the interstate system and criminal investigations, cash-strapped counties lack the resources to hire more deputies to fill the void.

George Loder's federal whistleblower lawsuit says he suffered retaliation for calling out illegal practices by a secretive intelligence-gathering center run by the state police.

This past October, the Maine State Police and the Maine State Troopers Foundation took on the 2021 Pink Patch Initiative to support Maine-based cancer charities.

The Pink Patch Initiative sold Maine State Police patches for $10 to raise money to support cancer charities in Maine.

A bill before the Legislature could give law enforcement fewer pretexts to make questionable stops.

Bobby Nightingale’s future hinges on his defense attorney convincing a jury that he’s not a murderer. He fears now that some of the words used against him at trial could be his own.State police listened in on parts of at least two of the dozens of calls Nightingale made from the Aroostook and Cumberland county jails to his attorney as they discussed his alibi, witnesses and defense strategies for two homicides he says he did not commit.

A bill before the Legislature could give law enforcement fewer pretexts to make questionable stops.

Murder suspects fear they can’t get a fair trial after state police acknowledge listening to portions of phone calls with their attorneys.

Jailed Defendants Expected Private Attorney Calls. They Didn’t Always Get Them.. This reporting was supported by the Pulitzer Center, International Women’s Media Foundation’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, Report for America, and Investigative Editing Corps. Bobby...