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Council renews Diamonds' special-amusement license with condition to cooperate with police investigations
Summary
After a public hearing, the council renewed the special-amusement license for Arias LLC d/b/a Diamonds with a condition requiring management to preserve and provide video and audio to the Bangor Police Department upon request.
The Bangor City Council on May 12 granted a renewal of the special-amusement license for Arias LLC doing business as Diamonds (190B Harlow Street) with a condition requiring management and ownership to cooperate with the Bangor Police Department during on-site or contiguous-area criminal investigations, including preserving video and audio recordings and providing those recordings to police upon request without unreasonable delay.
An attorney for Diamonds, David Walker, appeared at the public hearing and said management would cooperate with law enforcement and preserve any video information. The police chief had asked the council to attach the cooperation condition; Councilor Haas read the proposed language into the record. Council discussion noted past public-safety and neighborhood concerns tied to prior uses of the building and emphasized the importance of cooperation with investigations because the location is across from the public library and near a federal building.
Following brief discussion the council moved and approved the application renewal with the stated condition. Councilors said they had not received recent complaints about this specific business but reiterated that repeated incidents at that location would prompt closer review.
Ending: The license renewal was approved with conditions meant to facilitate criminal investigations; councilors signaled they would revisit the location if further public-safety incidents occur.
