Gouldsboro votersâ OK sought to explore alternative policing
GOULDSBORO â Voters once again will decide whether their town should continue to have its own police department or contract for law enforcement services from the Hancock County Sheriffâs Department at the annual Town Meeting June 9.
The persistent issue resurfaces in the wake of Police Chief John Shivelyâs May 4 resignation. Citing unfounded complaints lodged against him, Shively makes the townâs third police chief in six years.
At their May 6 meeting, selectmen voted 2-1 with one abstention to draft a warrant article asking voters to permit the board âthe option of entering into a contract for police coverageâ for the town of Gouldsboro with the Hancock County Sheriffâs Department.
Sheriffâs Office announces two promotions
ELLSWORTH â Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane announced the promotion of two patrol deputies on May 4.
Kane made the announcement at the Hancock County Commissioners meeting, which was held online because of the pandemic.
Deputy Dan Harlan has been promoted to patrol sergeant.
âDan started as a corrections officer here,â Kane said. Harlan wanted to work in law enforcement but there was no opening, so he went to work for the Bucksport Police Department for a few years before coming back to the county to work as a deputy.
âHeâs just an outstanding leader,â Kane said.
Maine Voices: Systemic racism has no home in our state
The Hancock County sheriff’s racist reaction has left Mainers without essential public health services. He should resign.
By Nina Boys and Hilary ThibodeauSpecial to the Press Herald
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On June 19, 2020, also known as Juneteenth, a noose was hung from a utility line in Hancock County near a lawn sign that declared “WHITE LIVES MATTER,” as widespread protests against racial injustice and police brutality spread throughout the country. The historic holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States, and the noose – a symbol of lynching and hate crimes against Black Americans – caused an awakening for many white citizens from Hancock County like us, who had underestimated the prevalence of racism in our home community.
Cancel culture targets Sheriff Kane
By Larry Lockman
I was hardly surprised by the outpouring of vitriol against Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane since the story broke last week that back in June he revoked a county jail contract with Healthy Acadia. Kane took that action after the Ellsworth nonprofit announced its solidarity with Black Lives Matter.
Kane spoke the truth about BLM, and his truth-speaking provoked shrieks of outrage from all the usual woke suspects.
What we learned from the reaction to Kane’s comments is that even the mildest criticism of Black Lives Matter is regarded by leftists as blasphemy.