LIVERMORE FALLS “Today is Louise Bogan’s 126th birthday,” a post on the town Facebook page read Aug. 11. That note led to a quest to learn more about the woman born Aug. 11, 1897, in Livermore Falls, and who became the first female poet laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945. She died […]
LIVERMORE FALLS “Today is Louise Bogan’s 126th birthday,” a post on the town Facebook page read Aug. 11. That note led to a quest to learn more about the woman born Aug. 11, 1897, in Livermore Falls who became the first woman poet laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945. She died Feb. […]
Focus on safety, not writing tickets, advises Maine panel on law enforcement during pandemic
The Criminal Justice Commission on Mitigation of Pandemic Impact has issued a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the overload on the state s court system.
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Winthrop patrolman Andrew Delaney checks traffic on Main Street clad in a face mask Monday. The Maine Criminal Justice Commission on Mitigation of Pandemic Impact recommended police be less aggressive about traffic enforcement, except in instances of dangerous drivers.
Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
The coronavirus pandemic has made it harder to go to jail or even court and created a backlog for the state’s criminal justice system.
The Criminal Justice Commission on Mitigation of Pandemic Impact has issued a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the overload on the state's court system.