Editor’s note: After publication of this story, the Milo and Greenville police departments adopted a homelessness protocol.
By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff
At least 16 police departments in Maine are not complying with state law that requires them to adopt rules for how they will divert homeless people away from the criminal justice system, according to a first-of-its-kind review conducted by the Bangor Daily News.