Maine Police Chief Faked a Police Report to Get Out of a Meeting
On 5/13/21 at 2:49 PM EDT
A former police chief in Fryeburg, Maine, lost his certification this month following an investigation that found he falsified a police report in order to leave a meeting.
Joshua Potvin s license was revoked by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy s Board of Trustees in February following his administrative leave and eventual resignation during the summer of 2020, the
The academy released its decision publicly after Potvin waived an appeal. In a written report, the academy said it found that in February 2020, Potvin texted one of his officers to call him out of a public meeting of the Fryeburg Board of Selectmen, a body overseeing the town s administrative and executive powers.