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AUGUSTA, Maine — A small, new Maine State Police motorcycle unit that began with an “out of nowhere” request from former Gov. Paul LePage nearly a year ago will be rolled out formally in April. Without legislative approval and using $171,000 in existing funds, the Maine State Police bought six motorcycles toward the end of 2018, along with trailers for the new unit, which will largely be used part time for ceremonial purposes and to promote recruitment with limited operational use that could include work at parades and other congested scenes. The state police auctioned off its last motorcycles in 1954, according to an online state police history. In response to questions about it in January, department spokesman Stephen McCausland said the motorcycles would be unveiled publicly at an April 12 state police graduation ceremony. After that, McCausland provided more information, including policies that will govern it. However, Cote said in a written response to questions that the agency had previously wanted motorcycles. Julie Rabinowitz, a spokeswoman for LePage’s political group, deferred to the state police when asked why he wanted the motorcycle unit, but the former governor’s Facebook post cited the agency’s history and that he wanted it by the end of his tenure. Trooper Aaron Turcotte, the former president of the Maine State Troopers Association, said bringing back motorcycles is “long overdue. For a roundup of Maine political news, click here to receive Daily Brief, Maine’s only newsletter on state politics via email on weekday mornings.

It happened at a convenience store on Tropicana Avenue near Decatur Boulevard. Police said two suspects used a firearm and demanded money from the business' cash register. The suspect in the attached photos is described by police as a black female adult between the ages of 20 and 25. She is about 5'8" tall and has tattoos on her hands, chest, and back. Anyone with information is urged to call the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Robbery Section at 702-828-3591, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555. Read the Full Article by Caroline Bleakley, Nia Wong / Oct 14, 2018 North Las Vegas Police say three people are dead and one injured in a shooting near Lake Mead Boulevard and Simmons Street. The shooting happened just before 9 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of a shopping center. Two women and a man were killed. His condition is unknown at this time. Read the Full Article Security expert breaks down police response in recent casino shootings 8 News at 5:00 p.m. Northern Nevada inmate serving time for sexual assault passes away Las Vegas police shoot Auto Zone robbery suspect near Eastern, Robindale Bonnie Springs officially closes Sunday; visitors flock to Old West-themed attractions to say final farewell Shooting leaves 4 hurt at El Cortez, shuts down hotel and casino Politics Now: 3/16/2019 Black eye, stitches didn't stop Sen. Bernie Sanders from hosting Henderson rally UPDATE: Bellagio robbery suspect shot by officer has died Body of missing 2-year-old Noelani Robinson found in Minnesota, police say Las Vegas police shoot Auto Zone robbery suspect near Eastern, Robindale 8 News Now at 6:30 p.m. Valley woman killed, daughter missing Las Vegas comes together to honor 49 killed in New Zealand mosque shootings Parents of missing 2-year-old charged with murder in her death PRESSER: Body of missing 2-year-old Noelani Robinson found Metro finds missing, endangered 13-year-old girl UPDATE: Bullet proof vest, cellphone save officer involved in shooting with robbery suspect Celebrating Women Special for Women's History Month I-Team: English entertainer hopes his Wynn residency will be permanent fixture on the Strip Driver who crashed into bus stop killing 1, injuring 2, released from jail ONLY ON 8: Starved dog gets new lease on life Replacement chosen to fill Kelvin Atkinson's senate seat Head Men's Basketball Coach Marvin Menzies is out at UNLV Driver who crashed into bus stop killing 1, injuring 2, released from jail 8 News Now at Noon - 3/14 Sherry's Forecast: Friday, March 15 "What's Driving You Crazy?"

[Courtesy Photo] By Daily News Staff and News Services The 911 SAVES Act’s aim is to reclassify the dispatch job from clerical to a protective service position in the White House Office of Management and Budget. Goodwin, a dispatcher for the Natick Police Department, joined Torres and other lawmakers to call attention to the 911 Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services (SAVES) Act. A dispatcher’s job has become more complicated, Goodwin said, with advances in technology. He was invited there, by none other than fourth-grader Sarah Balducci. “She loves politics,” her mother, Angela, told the Daily News. “She was like, ‘Oh my God,’” Angela Balducci said. During his visit, Kennedy asked his young constituents how they thought their schools could be made safer, according to Angela Balducci. Charlie Baker on one of their early session priorities: banning gay conversion therapy for minors. Clark is hosting an hour-long “tax town hall” from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at the Weston Council on Aging, 20 Alphabet Lane. Kate Flanagan, a veteran Beacon Hill operative, began working for Vigeant late last month, according to a report in Main Street News, a Marlborough-based weekly publication.

That was new policing alongside new politics. "Twenty years ago, we didn't realise the problem the past was going to be," Mr Hamilton says. "There was no commission to deal with the past, no architecture to deal with the past." Procrastination It was not until 2007 that a wider consultation began on the past with a report from a consultative group two years later. Will they proceed with legislation to implement the legacy structure that emerged from political negotiations in 2014, including a new Historical Investigations Unit (HIU) and an Independent Commission on Information Retrieval (ICIR)? "Policing has been damaged as we know, as headlines will tell you over the past month - or over the past 10 years - by its involvement in trying the deal with legacy," he told BBC Radio Ulster. 'Losing faith' Mr Hamilton has argued, throughout his tenure, that the past must be taken out of policing. In his community, Gerry Kelly sees the damage that is being done in terms of confidence in the PSNI. The question of legacy, the dissident republican threat now into its third decade and how to depoliticise policing are unresolved issues. If they remain so, then the arguments of new policing versus old policing will continue.

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Get short URL As France experiences its worst turmoil in decades, a new craze is sweeping French schoolyards. Alongside football, tag, and hopscotch, perceptive kids are taking sides in a new game at recess: Yellow Vests against the police. “The Yellow Vests are the bad guys, they break the shop windows, so we fight between the bad guys and the policemen,” explained 6-year-old Adam, a schoolboy in Paris’ 8th District, to France’s BFM TV. Admitting he preferred to play as a Yellow Vest because less running was involved, Adam said that he chooses not to shout anti-government slogans alongside his friends because he ‘doesn’t agree’ with them. "Gilets jaunes contre CRS", le nouveau jeu des écoliers dans les cours de récré pic.twitter.com/U8d9Ju5lwB — BFMTV (@BFMTV) January 22, 2019 Since November 17, the Yellow Vest movement has been staging weekly protests, initially against proposed fuel hikes. However, it has since morphed to include wider discontent against the “reform” agenda of President Emmanuel Macron, which critics say favor the country’s elites. “One hears 'Macron resignation' all day long in the yard, and even in class,” one teacher, known as Emma, told the station. She added that the school was eventually forced to ban the song, explaining to the pupils that they should not say such things as they are too young to vote. Yellow Vests ‘the consequence of the corporate world taking over’ – Kusturica to RT The slogan has become a regular war cry at the weekly Yellow Vest demonstrations and forms the chorus of a popular song written about the movement by rapper Kopp Johnson, which has received almost 18 million views on YouTube. Instead, she advises teachers to have frank discussions with children about the topic and explain to them the difference between genuine protesters and “saboteurs,” the name given to those who only want to cause trouble with the police.

City officials in January held seven oft-contentious town hall meetings about the future of the Citizens Police Review Board, a City Council-appointed body that looks into complaints about officers’ conduct. Board history The Dallas review board began in the 1980s after civil rights groups and black City Council members pushed for more oversight following a series of shootings by police and a congressional hearing about the department’s use of lethal force. Her attorney has said the shooting was a tragic mistake — Jean lived directly above Guyger and she said she believed she was inside her own unit and mistook Jean for an intruder. Town halls In the community meetings over the last three weeks, members of the review board said they want an independent investigative arm and a budget for a staff. The board’s recommendations also included allowing the board to subpoena officers. Mike Mata, president of the Dallas Police Association, is against the board receiving extended powers. White attendees who suggested that residents work on improving their neighborhoods or join the citizen’s academy were met with scoffs. Williams, who shared during a town hall that he lives with post-traumatic stress disorder after treating officers the night of the July 7 ambush, believes the review board can help mend trust between communities of color and the police. That’s why I emphasize this is not a wholesale indictment of officers.” Decisions ahead Council members — many of whom voted for raises to help retain officers last year -- are set to handle the debate in an election season. Kleinman, who has often butted heads with the Dallas Police Association, said he’ll also wait on Hall’s recommendations.

State Police Commission Chairman Eulis Simien, Jr., and commissioners Jared J. Caruso-Riecke and Chief Harold Pierite, Sr., were accused at the board's monthly meeting on Thursday of making donations that violate the same rules the board is tasked with investigating and reviewing for troopers. In an interview on Friday, Pierite said his campaign contributions don't violate commission rules or state law. +3 Former State Police trooper Leon "Bucky" Millet raised concerns about the campaign contributions made by the three commissioners at the board's meeting Thursday. While Simien and Caruso-Riecke have not personally made campaign contributions during their terms, contributions were made by their companies, according to Louisiana Ethics Administration records. Simien asked that each of the members implicated, including himself, do the same. Pierite's donations are in his name and show donations totaling $120 to the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Political Action Committee in 2017, according to Louisiana Ethics Administration records. Simien tasked the commission's Executive Director Jason Hannaman to conduct an investigation into the allegations and report back with the findings. Millet also filed a complaint with the board over an $800 check that the Louisiana Ethics Administration reported came from Louisiana Troopers Charities to the Acadiana Strong Political Action Committee. He said they are looking into the check, but haven't been able to find its origin as of Friday. The commission plans to address that allegation at February's meeting.

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