DOCSLIB.ORG

History of the Maine State Police, 1921-2008 Maine Department of Public Safety

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
History of the Maine State Police, 1921-2008 Maine Department of Public Safety Maine State Library Maine State Documents Police Documents Public Safety 2008 History of the Maine State Police, 1921-2008 Maine Department of Public Safety Maine State Police Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalmaine.com/msp_docs Recommended Citation Maine Department of Public Safety and Maine State Police, "History of the Maine State Police, 1921-2008" (2008). Police Documents. Paper 1. http://digitalmaine.com/msp_docs/1 This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Public Safety at Maine State Documents. It has been accepted for inclusion in Police Documents by an authorized administrator of Maine State Documents. For more information, please contact [email protected]. History of the Maine State Police 19211921----20082008 1 THE HISTORY Successful completion of a horsemanship test was required of all applicants and all appointees OF THE MAINE were required to be reappointed every three years. STATE POLICE The inspectors enforced motor vehicle laws and Revised September 2008 collected money from automobile registrations and driver’s license fees. Some officers were issued Harley Davidson motorcycles and assigned to various headquarters around the state. Uniforms were army military surplus and O.D. green in color. The one shoulder patch located on the right shoulder was of red background with white lettering indicating “State Police”. 1922 The State Highway Police were placed under the supervision of the Secretary of State. 1924 State Highway Police officer Emery O. Gooch was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunken Bridge Hill in Mattawamkeag on August 9 th . 1921 – Inspector Harry Thompson 1921 34 members of the State Highway Police began work in July under the supervision of the State Highway Commission. 35 additional officers were commissioned in August. The officers, also known as Inspectors, mostly worked on a seasonal basis but some were appointed full time. Inspector Emery O. Gooch 2 1925 1926 An act to enlarge the powers of the State The first training troop took place at Camp Highway Police” was enacted into law by the Keyes in Augusta. The Chief named William Maine Legislature. The legislation allows the Hancock the camp commander. Training took governor to appoint a chief and set the duties place from April 12 th through May 28 th . and powers of the new and separate department. 1927 Arthur H. Field who has served as Lewiston’s police chief was named the first Chief of the State Adjutant General James W. Hansen, a State Police and served two years. World War I veteran, was appointed Chief of the State Police and served for nine years. On July 25 th , sixty new members of the department met in Augusta with Governor Owen 1928 Brewster and Chief Arthur Field. They presented nd On August 22 , Inspector Frank C. Wing of their bonds and were commissioned members of Monson was killed when his motorcycle the State Highway Police, and were empowered collided with a fuel truck in Millinocket. to enforce all the criminal and motor vehicle laws of Maine. The new officers were issued a motorcycle, a pistol and a law book and were assigned to patrol areas throughout Maine. The weekly salary for an Inspector at this time is $28. On August 30 th one of the new officers, Fred A. Foster of Lisbon was killed in Belfast when his motorcycle collided with a horse drawn wagon. 1928 – Inspector Frank C. Wing 1931 The uniforms were changed to French blue with a black shoulder patch with red lettering and a green pine tree. 1935 The Maine Legislature designated the State 1925 – Inspector Fred A. Foster Highway Police as the Maine State Police. The The uniform remained the same except the name change made official what had been shoulder patch is now black with khaki tan customary for several years. The inspectors now lettering and a green pine tree. become known as troopers. 3 For the second time in ten years the department In October, New Jersey state troopers arrested a expanded, increasing its complement to 100. Paris, Maine youth in Bergen County New Jersey for murder. In the car he was driving 1936 were the bodies of Doctor James Littlefield of The first automobiles used for patrol were South Paris and his wife. purchased this year. The 46 sedans costing $515 The crime scene located at Paris Hill was one of per unit were bought to replace most of the 46 the first processed by Captain Leon Shepherd Harley Davidson motorcycles and 25 sidecars. utilizing the new emerging sciences of crime The patrol vehicles were black and highway scene processing. safety vehicles were white. Captain Wilbur Towle was named Chief of the State Police and This sensational double murder became a served two years. national media event resulting in the conviction of the youth and a deputy sheriff. The deputy The department is divided into five districts with was released eleven years later on a writ of offices located in Wells, Fairfield, Thomaston, habeas corpus. In large part, a reason for his Bangor and Presque Isle. Headquarters was release was the evidence found by Captain located in Augusta. Shepherd but excluded at the original trial. Trooper Rex St Ledger with a 1936 Chevrolet 1937 1937 – Murder suspect Paul Dwyer points to some items he left at the murder scene to the Bureau of Identification was created and placed Cumberland and Oxford County attorneys. under the control of the State Police. The bureau The State Police Vehicle belongs to Sergeant became the keeper of all criminal and finger Ralph Price. print records in the state. 1938 Hundreds of striking shoe workers rioted in Auburn. State Troopers and the Maine National General John W. Healy was appointed chief by Guard were called in to maintain order. Governor Lewis Barrows and served for three years. 4 A new barracks was constructed along U. S. Before war’s end almost 25% of the agency’s Route 1 in Houlton to serve as the 5 th District manpower took a leave of absence to serve in headquarters. This building served as Troop F the armed forces. headquarters until 2000 when it was replaced. 1940 1942 A new barracks was completed along U. S. th Route 1 in Thomaston next to the State prison. It On March 19 the designation of District is still in use as troop D headquarters today. Headquarters for the various parts of the state was eliminated and the state was divided into six The first two-way radios were put into use. State newly designated Troops: Police communications centers were located in Augusta, Scarborough and Wells. Troop A – Wells Troop B – West Scarborough 1941 Troop C – Fairfield The new State Police Headquarters building at 36 Hospital Street was completed and dedicated Troop D – Thomaston on October 2 nd . Prior to the completion of this Troop E – Bangor time the administrative offices of the State Police were located at the State Adjutant’s office Troop F – Houlton at the State Highway Commission and the Augusta Airport. Patrol vehicles are now black with blue fenders to match the officers’ uniforms. We returned to all black cars in 1942. Henry P. Weaver was appointed chief by Governor Sumner Sewall and served two years. On December 7 th the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Troopers were notified of this via a Trooper Roger Doyle general broadcast from the various communications centers. For the duration of Chief Weaver published a book this year detailing methods of report writing and basic World War II major war events were announced police procedures. over the new radio system to the troopers in the field. The State Police instituted state-wide training programs in cooperation with county and municipal law enforcement agencies in the area of civil defense. 5 1944 On July 23 rd Trooper Harold Ericksen of Portland (a Lt Colonel in the U.S. Army) was killed in action near St Lo France. He received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart and is buried in the American Cemetery at Omaha Beach on the northern coast of France. Chief Henry Weaver was seriously injured in a Jeep accident in Italy. Due to his injuries he was unable to return to duty after the War. Chief Henry Weaver 1945 The Maine Legislature passed law requiring the Chief of the State Police to come from the 1943 commissioned officer ranks of the department. Acting Chief Upton was appointed to the Chief Weaver took a leave of absence to enter position full time. Captain Joe Young became the armed services. Captain Lawrence C. Upton the Deputy Chief. of Millbridge was named acting chief and went th on to serve for five years. Trooper Guy Bachelder of Clinton was the 27 and final officer to take a leave of absence and On August 17 th Trooper Lewis Howard of enter the armed forces. Hodgdon (at the time a Captain in the U.S. Army Air force) was killed in action when the World War II ends. Most of the officers on leave B-17 “Flying Fortress” he was piloting was shot to fight the war returned and resumed their down over Southern France. He was buried after duties within the department. the war in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. 1947 For “the duration” of the war, the State Police In October forest fires raged out of control took on new wartime duties. Inland troopers across the state. One fire started in Oxford conducted roadblocks to check for civilians out County near Brownfield and blew across York pleasure driving. Most found in violation County not stopping until it reached the sea in (wasting gas) were discovered to be government Kennebunk.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 2011-Summer.Pdf
    BOWDOIN MAGAZINE ­ VOL. 82 NO. 2 SUMMER 2011 BV O L . 8 2 ­ N Oow . 2 ­ ­ S UMMER ­ 2 0 1 1­ ­ doi­n STANDP ­U WITH ­A­SOCIAL­ FOR ­THE­CLASS­OF­1961,­ BOWDOIN­IS­FOREVER CONSCIENCE JILL­SHAW­RUDDOCK­’77 HARI KONDABOLU ’04 SLICING­THE­PIE­FOR­ THE POWER OF COMEDY AS AN STUDENT­ACTIVITIES INSTRUMENT FOR CHANGE SUMMER 2011­ CONTENTS BowdoinMAGAZINE 24 A­Great­Second­Half PHOTOGRAPHS BY FELICE BOUCHER In an interview that coincided with the opening of an exhibition of the Victoria and Albert’s English alabaster reliefs at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art last semester, Jill Shaw Ruddock ’77 talks about the goal of her new book, The Second Half of Your Life—to make the second half the best half. 30 For­the­Class­of­1961,­Bowdoin­is­Forever BY LISA WESEL • PHOTOGRAHS BY BOB HANDELMAN AND BRIAN WEDGE ’97 After 50 years as Bowdoin alumni, the Class of 1961 is a particularly close-knit group. Lisa Wesel spent time with a group of them talking about friendship, formative experi- ences, and the privilege of traveling a long road together. 36 Stand­Up­With­a­Social­Conscience BY EDGAR ALLEN BEEM • PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARSTEN MORAN ’05 The Seattle Times has called Hari Kondabolu ’04 “a young man reaching for the hand-scalding torch of confrontational comics like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor.” Ed Beem talks to Hari about his journey from Queens to Brunswick and the power of comedy as an instrument of social change. 44 Slicing­the­Pie BY EDGAR ALLEN BEEM • PHOTOGRAPHS BY DEAN ABRAMSON The Student Activity Fund Committee distributes funding of nearly $700,000 a year in support of clubs, entertainment, and community service.
    [Show full text]
  • NEWS RELEASE for Immediate Release Contact: Public Information Officer September 30, 2020 Phone: 603-271-5602
    STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Helen Hanks, Commissioner NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Public Information Officer September 30, 2020 Phone: 603-271-5602 Two Residents on Escape Status Apprehended September 30, 2020 - (Concord, NH) - The New Hampshire Department of Corrections (NHDOC) announces the apprehension of Shaun Cook, 41, a minimum-security resident of the North End Transitional Housing Unit in Concord who failed to return home as scheduled and was subsequently placed on “escape” status November 27, 2019. With information on possible whereabouts from the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Investigations Unit, Cook was located and taken into custody without incident at approximately 1:45 p.m. on September 28, 2020 in Jamestown, New York by the New York U.S Marshals Service and the Jamestown Police Department. The investigation and apprehension was a collaborative effort among the following agencies: NH Department of Corrections Investigations Unit Jamestown New York Police Department New Hampshire U.S. Marshals Service New York U.S. Marshals Service Cook is currently in custody in New York awaiting extradition back to New Hampshire. Cook, Shaun The Department also announces the apprehension of Shawn Tarr, 44, a minimum- security resident of the Transitional Work Center in Concord who walked away from his job site August 29, 2020. With multiple tips from the NHDOC Investigations Unit, On September 29, 2020 at approximately 11:45 a.m. a male subject matching the description of Tarr was seen leaving a residence that was under surveillance in Parsonsfield Maine. During a subsequent motor vehicle stop by the Maine State Police, the male subject believed to be Tarr provided the Trooper with a different name.
    [Show full text]
  • The Maine NAACP and the Pursuit of Fair Housing Legislation
    Maine History Volume 36 Number 3 Issues 3-4; Civil Rights in Maine, Article 3 1945-1971 1-1-1997 Resistance In “Pioneer Territory”: The Maine NAACP and the Pursuit of Fair Housing Legislation Eben Simmons-Miller Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal Part of the Political History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Simmons-Miller, Eben. "Resistance In “Pioneer Territory”: The Maine NAACP and the Pursuit of Fair Housing Legislation." Maine History 36, 3 (1996): 86-105. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ mainehistoryjournal/vol36/iss3/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. K E E N SIM M O N S M IL L E R RESISTANCE IN “PIONEER TERRITORY”: THE MAINE NAACP AND THE PURSUIT OF FAIR HOUSING LEGISLATION While Charles Lumpkins details the organiza­ tional strategies of the civil-rights movement in Maine, Eben Miller focuses on the politics of fair housing. Outlining the “geography of segregation” in Maine, he describes the resistance to fair housing and the means by which the NAACP documented civil-rights viola­ tions, drafted legislation, built coalitions of concerned black and white citizens, and advanced the “moral and ethical responsibility ” of all Mainers to work for fair housing legislation. Mr. Miller, from Woolwich, gradu­ atedfrom Bates College in 1996. His article is based on research done for an honors thesis.
    [Show full text]
  • State Repository Officials Responding to OTA User Survey Conducted in 1979
    Appendix C . State Repository Officials Responding to OTA User Survey Conducted in 1979 The following individuals responded by letter State Name and agency and/or telephone interview to the OTA user Florida Robert L. Edwards, survey: Director Name and agency State Peggy Horvath, Alabama Eugene J. Akers, Manager Deputy Director Systems Development Division of Criminal Division Justice Information Alabama Criminal Justice Systems Information Center Florida Department of Alaska Sgt. Michael S. Radisch Law Enforcement CJIS Security Officer Georgia E. W. Manseau, Alaska State Troopers Deputy Director Department of Public Georgia Crime Information Safety Center Jack Piper Arizona Capt. W. Woodard Hawaii Honolulu City and County Arizona Department of Police Department Public Safety Illinois Dwight E. Bee Arkansas David Eberdt, Illinois Department of Law Administrator Enforcement Arkansas Criminal Justice Indiana Robert J. Stanton and Highway Safety Indiana State Police Information System Iowa Gary L. Stevens Maj. Buren Jackson Iowa Department of Public Arkansas State Police Safety California F. W. Johnston and Kansas Maj. Stuart A. Elliot Roy T. Iwata Kansas Highway Patrol Bureau of Identification Kentucky Mr. Kraing California Department of Kentucky State Police Justice Louisiana Lt. L. G. Finn Colorado W. Gray Buckley, Louisiana State Police Agent in Charge Maine Sgt. John H. Parkin, Jr. Crime Information Section Maine State Police Colorado Bureau of Maryland Louis Sakin Investigation Maryland Department of Public Safety and Delaware Benjamin
    [Show full text]
  • State Highway Patrols-Their Functions and Financing
    State Highway Patrols-Their Functions and Financing EDWARD A. GLADSTONE and THOMAS W. COOPER, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, Office of Planning •CONCERN FOR the safety of the motoring public, and the importance of the state police organizations in enforcing traffic and safety laws, was voiced by the governors of most of the 47 states in which the legislatures met in regular session in 1965. In state after state the governor's message emphasized highway safety and pointed to the need for additional highway patrol troops to curb highway accidents and fatalities. In at least 30 states requests were made for an increase in patrol strength, either by the governor, by legislative committees, or by safety agencies. Collectively, specific requests were made in 21 states for nearly 3, 800 troopers to be added to the patrol strength within the next onP. to four years. A summary of the requests (as of mid-1965) is given in Table 1. If approved, these requests would increase patrol strength by an average of 23 percent. TAB LE 1 REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL PATROL TROOPERS, SUBMITTED TO 1965 STATE LEGISLATURES BY GOVERNORS, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES, OR OTHERS Number Number St,it,,, (uhPr" stl\te~) State (where stated) Arkansas - New York 112 California 195 North Carolina 200 (4 years) Florida 212 Ohio 4-00 (2 years) Georgia 8o (2 years) Oklahoma 100 (2 years) Illinois 8oo ( 4 years) Pennsylvanla 300 Indiena 150 South Carolina - Iowa 100 (2 years) South Dakota - KMSt\8 50 Tennessee 100 Maryland 4o Texas - Michigan 200 Utah 20 Minnesota 368 (by 1973) Vermont 42 (2 years) Missouri 250 Washington - Nebraska 50 West Virginia - Nevada - Wisconsin - New Mexico 10 Wyoming - Source: Daily legislative bulletins published by the National.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report FY15: July 1, 2014–June 30, 2015
    COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC Annual Report Fiscal Year 2015 COA Development Office College of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Dean of Institutional Advancement Lynn Boulger 207-801-5620, [email protected] Development Associate Amanda Ruzicka Mogridge 207-801-5625, [email protected] Development Officer Kristina Swanson 207-801-5621, [email protected] Alumni Relations/Development Coordinator Dianne Clendaniel 207-801-5624, [email protected] Manager of Donor Engagement Jennifer Hughes 207-801-5622, [email protected] Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in preparing all donor lists for this annual report. If a mistake has been made in your name, or if your name was omitted, we apologize. Please notify the development office at 207-801-5625 with any changes. www.coa.edu/support COA ANNUAL REPorT FY15: July 1, 2014–June 30, 2015 I love nothing more than telling stories of success and good news about our We love to highlight the achievements of our students, and one that stands out incredible college. One way I tell these stories is through a series I’ve created for from last year is the incredible academic recognition given to Ellie Oldach '15 our Board of Trustees called the College of the Atlantic Highlight Reel. A perusal of when she received a prestigious Fulbright Research Scholarship. It was the first the Reels from this year include the following elements: time in the history of the college that a student has won a Fulbright. Ellie is spending ten months on New Zealand’s South Island working to understand and COA received the 2014 Honor Award from Maine Preservation for our model coastal marsh and mussel bed communities.
    [Show full text]
  • Maisel, L. Sandy Oral History Interview Andrea L'hommedieu
    Bates College SCARAB Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library 4-5-2000 Maisel, L. Sandy oral history interview Andrea L'Hommedieu Follow this and additional works at: http://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh Recommended Citation L'Hommedieu, Andrea, "Maisel, L. Sandy oral history interview" (2000). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 233. http://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/233 This Oral History is brought to you for free and open access by the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Interview with L. Sandy Maisel by Andrea L’Hommedieu Summary Sheet and Transcript Interviewee Maisel, L. Sandy Interviewer L’Hommedieu, Andrea Date April 5, 2000 Place Waterville, Maine ID Number MOH 182 Use Restrictions © Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only ; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018. Biographical Note Louis “Sandy” Maisel was born on October 25, 1945 in Buffalo, New York. Maisel attended Harvard where he became involved with various campus and political organizations. Maisel went on to attend Columbia for his graduate work, where he received his Ph.D. in Political Science. In 1971, he settled in Maine, working on Bill Hathaway’s campaign for Senate and teaching at Colby College.
    [Show full text]
  • Bangor ^Cfjool
    Bangor ^cfjool Jfortietij ^nnibersarp 19D7 - 1947 ‘ Bangor Hebrew Community Center October 2, 1947 AS THE TREE IS BENT, SO THE TREE SHALL GROW. --- PROVERBS FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION October the second Nineteen hundred and forty-seven 18 Tishri 5708 LISS MEMORIAL BUILDING BANGOR HEBREW SCHOOL Bangor, Maine 2 DEDICATION *> JJ N GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THEIR SACRIFICES AND COURAGEOUS DEVOTION TO THEIR COUNTRY, THESE FOR­ TIETH ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES AND THIS RECORD THERE­ OF ARE DEDICATED TO THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE WAR WHICH BEGAN ON THE DAY OF INFAMY, DECEMBER 7, 1941, AND WAS VICTORI­ OUSLY CONCLUDED WITH THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945 .............................. HENRY H. SEGAL PRESIDENT 3 GUESTS OF HONOR Hon. Horace Hildreth Dr. Stephen S. Wise Governor of Maine Free Synagogue, New York Dr. Henry Knowlton Horace Estey Chairman City Council City Manager Dr. Harry Trust Roland Carpenter President Bangor Theological Seminary Superintendent of Schools Philip Lown James White President Maine Jewish Council Member Bangor City Council John O’Connell, Jr. Hendric Burns Bangor Daily News Bangor Daily Commercial Dr. Arthur Hauck Dr. Alexander Kohanski President University of Maine Executive Director, Maine Jewish Council Felix Ranlett Rev. T. Pappas Librarian Bangor Public Library Greek Orthodox Church HON. HORACE HILDRETH Governor State of Maine DR. STEPHEN S. WISE Rabbi Free Synagogue, New York City THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE HENRY H. SEGAL GENERAL CHAIRMAN A. M. RUDMAN SIDNEY SCIIIRO SIHRLEY BERGER ABRAHAM STERN A. B. FRIEDMAN HARRY RABEN MYER SEGAL JOSEPH EMPLE LAWRENCE SLON MAX KOMINSKY MRS.
    [Show full text]
  • Frank Morey Coffin's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship
    Maine Law Review Volume 63 Number 2 Symposium:Remembering Judge Article 5 Frank M. Coffin: A Remarkable Legacy January 2011 Frank Morey Coffin's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship Donald E. Nicoll Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr Part of the Courts Commons, Judges Commons, Jurisprudence Commons, Law and Politics Commons, Legislation Commons, and the Public Law and Legal Theory Commons Recommended Citation Donald E. Nicoll, Frank Morey Coffin's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship, 63 Me. L. Rev. 397 (2011). Available at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol63/iss2/5 This Article and Essay is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Law Review by an authorized editor of University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FRANK MOREY COFFIN’S POLITICAL YEARS: PRELUDE TO A JUDGESHIP Don Nicoll I. INTRODUCTION II. THE FIRST OF THREE BRANCHES III. UNFORESEEN CHANGES IV. INTO THE SECOND BRANCH V. TO THE THIRD BRANCH 398 MAINE LAW REVIEW [Vol. 63:2 FRANK MOREY COFFIN’S POLITICAL YEARS: PRELUDE TO A JUDGESHIP Don Nicoll* I. INTRODUCTION Each day when I go to my study, I see a wood block print of two owls gazing at me with unblinking eyes. Ever alert, they remind me of the artist, who in his neat, fine hand, titled the print “Deux Hiboux,” inscribed it to the recipients and signed it simply “FMC 8-2-87.” In addition to his talents as an artist and friend in all seasons, FMC was a remarkable public servant in all three branches of the federal government and, with his friend and colleague Edmund S.
    [Show full text]
  • Legislative Briefing Book
    Legislative BriefiNg Book INformatioN prepared for the 130th MaiNe Legislature TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. DepartmeNt Overview 2. a. MissioN b. VisioN c. Values 3. Statutes for OrgaNizatioNal Structure aNd Subject Matters 4. CommissioNer's Office aNd Bureau Descriptions 5. Legislative Oversight 6. Boards aNd CommissioNs 7. 130th First SessioN – DepartmeNt of Public Safety Proposed Bills 8. ONgoiNg INitiatives aNd EmergiNg ChalleNges 1 Welcome to the DepartmeNt of Public Safety (DPS). DPS was established to serve the people by providiNg, coordiNatiNg, aNd leadiNg a compreheNsive public safety system to protect their lives, rights aNd properties. This broad missioN is accomplished with 625 positioNs spread across 10 bureaus. The Bureaus are AdmiNistratioN, Capitol Police, CoNsolidated EmergeNcy CommuNicatioNs, EmergeNcy Medical Services, Fire Marshal’s Office, GambliNg CoNtrol, Highway Safety, MaiNe CrimiNal Justice Academy, MaiNe Drug ENforcemeNt AgeNcy, aNd the MaiNe State Police. DPS operates with a budget of approximately $ 133 millioN per year. DepartmeNt of Public Safety FY22/23 Proposed Budget 2 MISSION TO SERVE THE PEOPLE BY PROVIDING, COORDINATING AND LEADING A RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES, RIGHTS AND PROPERTIES VISION To provide the highest quality of service aNd to merit coNfideNce aNd respect, we will: RecogNize aNd respoNd to the public safety Needs of the people; Promote leadership, iNNovatioN, iNitiative, traiNiNg aNd teamwork with the DepartmeNt; RecogNize our respoNsibility for leadership iN statewide public safety issues while providiNg support, cooperatioN, educatioN aNd assistaNce to others; aNd, Work together to eNsure a more secure work eNviroNmeNt of mutual respect, support aNd trust. VALUES We, iN Public Safety, value: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT We vigorously strive for excelleNce aNd coNtiNuously seek to improve the quality of our performaNce.
    [Show full text]
  • JOHN FOSTER DULLES PAPERS PERSONNEL SERIES The
    JOHN FOSTER DULLES PAPERS PERSONNEL SERIES The Personnel Series, consisting of approximately 17,900 pages, is comprised of three subseries, an alphabetically arranged Chiefs of Mission Subseries, an alphabetically arranged Special Liaison Staff Subseries and a Chronological Subseries. The entire series focuses on appointments and evaluations of ambassadors and other foreign service personnel and consideration of political appointees for various posts. The series is an important source of information on the staffing of foreign service posts with African- Americans, Jews, women, and individuals representing various political constituencies. Frank assessments of the performances of many chiefs of mission are found here, especially in the Chiefs of Mission Subseries and much of the series reflects input sought and obtained by Secretary Dulles from his staff concerning the political suitability of ambassadors currently serving as well as numerous potential appointees. While the emphasis is on personalities and politics, information on U.S. relations with various foreign countries can be found in this series. The Chiefs of Mission Subseries totals approximately 1,800 pages and contains candid assessments of U.S. ambassadors to certain countries, lists of chiefs of missions and indications of which ones were to be changed, biographical data, materials re controversial individuals such as John Paton Davies, Julius Holmes, Wolf Ladejinsky, Jesse Locker, William D. Pawley, and others, memoranda regarding Leonard Hall and political patronage, procedures for selecting career and political candidates for positions, discussions of “most urgent problems” for ambassadorships in certain countries, consideration of African-American appointees, comments on certain individuals’ connections to Truman Administration, and lists of personnel in Secretary of State’s office.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report FY16
    COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC Annual Report Fiscal Year 2016 COA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Timothy Bass Jay McNally '84 Ronald E. Beard Philip S.J. Moriarty Leslie C. Brewer Phyllis Anina Moriarty Alyne Cistone Lili Pew Lindsay Davies Hamilton Robinson, Jr. Beth Gardiner Nadia Rosenthal Amy Yeager Geier Abby Rowe ('98) H. Winston Holt IV Marthann Samek Jason W. Ingle Henry L.P. Schmelzer Philip B. Kunhardt III '77 Laura Z. Stone Nicholas Lapham Stephen Sullens Casey Mallinckrodt William N. Thorndike, Jr. Anthony Mazlish Cody van Heerden, MPhil '17 Linda McGillicuddy Life Trustees Trustee Emeriti Samuel M. Hamill, Jr. David Hackett Fischer John N. Kelly William G. Foulke, Jr. Susan Storey Lyman George B.E. Hambleton William V.P. Newlin Elizabeth Hodder John Reeves Sherry F. Huber Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. Helen Porter Cathy L. Ramsdell '78 John Wilmerding Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in preparing this annual report. If a mistake has been made, or if your name was omitted, we apologize. Please notify the Dean of Institutional Advancement Lynn Boulger at 207-801-5620, or [email protected]. www.coa.edu/support COA FY16 ANNUAL REPORT (July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016) There are many analogies to describe the teaching, learning, and knowledge creation that goes on here at College of the Atlantic. The one I like best is building—we build a lot of things here. Some such building is actual, not analogous: there’s a fourth year student building a tiny house in the parking lot; another is rebuilding the battery terminals for our electric van; we just built a bed on wheels and placed third in the Bar Harbor Bed Races.
    [Show full text]