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To the Editor:
If you read recent newspaper articles focused on discipline within the Maine State Police you were likely left thinking we conduct our work shrouded in secrecy and that we work to protect our own. As the leader of the Maine State Police, I’d like to take the opportunity to set the record straight:
The Maine State Police does not hide wrongdoing and does not choose to keep certain information related to discipline secret. We follow longstanding laws related to personnel investigation and records related to all state employees that have been implemented and refined across time. There are clear rules about what can be released to the public regarding state employees. M.R.S.A. Title 5 §7070 outlines that final discipline decisions can be released to the public. However, it does not authorize the release of investigative details. Thus, when we were asked for our discipline records for the past five years, the Maine State Police provided those records to
Maine State Police Col John Cote statement
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Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett Wed, 03/10/2021 - 6:45pm
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An Incident Review Team, convened at the request of Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett, met March 10 in Wiscasset to review the deputy-involved shooting on Dec. 18, 2020 in Jefferson. The review is part of the sheriff’s analysis into the use of deadly force by a deputy sheriff that resulted in the death of a Jefferson man.
The review team’s task is to evaluate the administrative aspects of this incident – to review policy, procedure, training and the circumstances surrounding the incident, Brackett said. The review is parallel, but separate from, the Attorney General’s statutory investigation into the matter and focuses on the administrative investigation conducted by the Sheriff’s Office.