Commissioners split on law enforcement accreditation
ELLSWORTH – The Hancock County Commissioners Tuesday in a split vote authorized Sheriff Scott Kane to proceed with an accreditation program for his department.
Kane initially pitched the program to the board in March.
“All of our policies are evaluated,” Kane said at the March 16 meeting. “If there are any policies we don’t have, we add those and meet the standards.”
Commissioners John Wombacher and Paul Paradis voted in favor. Chairman Bill Clark voted against.
The program is overseen by Dirigo Safety, which is an Auburn business that offers law enforcement training as well as workplace safety training. Dirigo Executive Vice President Shawn O’Leary, himself a former police officer, attended the meeting, which was held via online conference platform Zoom due to the pandemic.
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05/03/2021 | 11:31am EDT
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Klarna, Truework, Nium, Sezzle join cross-section of fintech leaders focused on advancing modern, consumer-centric regulation
The Financial Technology Association (“FTA”) announced that Klarna, Truework, Nium, and Sezzle have become the newest members of the trade group. With these new members, FTA expands and deepens its broad representation of the fintech industry ranging from leaders in lending and payments to open banking, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and robo-advisory. All are joined by a commitment to drive greater financial inclusion, equity, and opportunity and to advance consumer-centric regulatory frameworks that safeguard consumers and facilitate responsible innovation.
This Bay Area city has a bright economic outlook, economists say
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A woman looks at closed businesses as she walks her dog on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. With vaccinations on the rise, however, economists said Thursday at the city s economic summit the city should expect a bright economic future.Ben Margot/AP
By Keith Burbank
OAKLAND (BCN)
The economic outlook for Oakland is excellent, an economist said Thursday at the city s economic summit, sponsored by the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber leaders brought together economist and founder of Beacon Economics Chris Thornberg, developers, and a government leader to share that outlook with business leaders.
Bill requiring gun owners to safely store firearms heading to Governor Polis
The second bill requires gun owners to use a trigger lock, or store their weapons in a safe when they know a child, or someone who should not be in possession of a gun, could otherwise easily get to it.
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COLORADO SPRINGS â This week state lawmakers sent two bills to the governor s desk.
The first requires gun shops to provide metal gun locks with every purchase.
Something gun safety advocates fully support. There has to be a device that goes with the gun in case the person receiving it doesn t have it, said Dr. Michael Victoroff, Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition.