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School Resource Officer Doug Maifeld poses in December with Mountain Valley High School seniors Anthony Mazza and Sophie Ladd. Both Rumford students had him as instructor for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program in elementary school.
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RUMFORD School Resource Officer Doug Maifeld retired from his 32-year career with the Rumford Police Department in January 2020 and began a new career the next day.
The job of part-time school resource officer for Mountain Valley High and Rumford Elementary schools, both in Rumford, and Mountain Valley Middle and Meroby Elementary schools, both in Mexico, eventually became full time.
He patrols the grounds to assure students are safe and handles complaints of vehicles passing buses. In the schools he walks the halls greeting students and staff, and checking doors. He also takes complaints of harassment, threats and assaults, and suspected drug use.