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Local resident asks Select Board for full investigation into police response, alleges mishandling of incident
Summary
A Skowhegan resident told the Select Board she and neighbors experienced repeated public-safety incidents and alleged that officers mishandled calls and retaliated; she asked the board to investigate the conduct of two officers and said she has body/dash cam and 911 records she had requested.
At the Select Board’s public-comment period, a resident identified as Rebecca told the board she and neighbors have faced escalating drug use, public indecency, threats and assaults near her home and said multiple 911 calls and on-scene responses did not produce adequate evidence collection or action by officers.
Rebecca said on June 4 she intervened when she saw a man handling a toddler in a way she viewed as threatening; she said calling 911 and presenting a safely secured firearm on her property led officers to issue her…
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