The Right To Know Advisory Committee releases its annual report after the fallout of a bill to restrict police disciplinary records.

Sill From Body Camera Footage A lawsuit involving SWAT police officers has been filed over a mistaken arrest in Portland involving a high school student during a lunch break. The minor, only identified as L.M. in the suit, was among several hundred students at Deering High School in Portland that had been let out for lunch. SWAT officers were in the area looking for a suspect in connection with thefts of shoes and cologne from a house party. This raises questions about using

Stock Picture  Legislators in Maine will soon consider whether or not thousands of police disciplinary records will be hidden from the public.  Police unions have been seeking to narrowly define what discipline means when a document about upheld misconduct is requested under the state’s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA). They want to limit it to punishment that has a financial consequence on a police officer - such as suspension without pay, rather than some form of admonition t