Abbe Chabot served for 20 years as a Maine State Police detective, and is now a manager with Dirigo Risk Management Solutions. Among other things, the firm trains businesses in active shooter response.
Law enforcement’s readiness to handle mental health situations has come under scrutiny since October, when a Bowdoin man killed 18 people in Lewiston in the worst mass shooting in Maine history, and the disclosure that the Sagadahoc County sheriff’s.
With a shortage of mental health professionals, Maine police officers are forced to make decisions during mental heakth crises without proper training.
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On Dec. 5, Lincoln County commissioners approved a $13,743,701 2024 budget. Commissioners Hamilton Meserve and Mary Trescot voted in favor of the budget. Commissioner William Meserve was absent due to a health issue. The budget represents an 8.99%.