Tag: Town of Rumford

Rumford Maine Police Department Roughs Up Citizen After Traffic Stop for Taillight Out; Behavior Clearly Demonstrates the Corruption We Experienced Too (2025)

June 7, 2025

Synopsis: The Rumford Police Department pulled over this Rumford, Maine citizen for a taillight out. As evidenced by the video… a traffic stop was quickly escalated by the Rumford PD for NO REASON ending in police brutality. The unconstitutional and unethical behavior is absolutely shocking to us. This citizen was abused by the police like … More Rumford Maine Police Department Roughs Up Citizen After Traffic Stop for Taillight Out; Behavior Clearly Demonstrates the Corruption We Experienced Too (2025)

Maine Police Shootings of Individuals with Mental Illness: Recent Incidents and Concerns (2024)

June 1, 2024

Notice the media don’t appear to care at all about the man with mental illness who just got slammed by a police car and is probably in complete shock. He’s now dead but the “deputy was injured.” The “authorities” and the media work together to dehumanize citizens with disabilities. It keeps both of them employed. … More Maine Police Shootings of Individuals with Mental Illness: Recent Incidents and Concerns (2024)

Report of Maine Attorney General Janet Mills on the Use of Deadly Force by Rumford Police Sergeant Tracey Higley in Rumford, Maine (2014)

July 29, 2014

Editor’s Note: For the record on Friday, June 6th, 2025, we cannot in good faith read this Maine Attorney General’s report especially after noticing Janet Mills, the grand protector of all Maine “authorities,” was the Attorney General in 2014. This takes this abuse of power saga in Western Maine to a whole new level. Janet … More Report of Maine Attorney General Janet Mills on the Use of Deadly Force by Rumford Police Sergeant Tracey Higley in Rumford, Maine (2014)

Bangor Daily News Reported “Maine Woman Shot By Rumford Police Accused of Threatening Authorities With a Knife” (2014)

April 26, 2014

The entire time we lived in rural Maine, we watched the cops, authorities, and the media dehumanize Maine citizens. They turned traumatized people, those with disabilities, those who are poor, and those who were sick and/or addicted into criminals to justify the budgets to keep their fat government jobs funded in an area where there … More Bangor Daily News Reported “Maine Woman Shot By Rumford Police Accused of Threatening Authorities With a Knife” (2014)

The Portland Press Herald Reported the Series “Deadly Force: Police and the Mentally Ill” (2012)

December 8, 2012

Deadly Force: Police and the Mentally Ill:Part 1: When police pull the trigger in crisis, the mentally ill often are the ones being shotPart 2: Across nation, unsettling acceptance when mentally ill in crisis are killedPart 3: Maine police make spotty use of crisis trainingPart 4: Families mostly powerless when mentally ill adult resists help … More The Portland Press Herald Reported the Series “Deadly Force: Police and the Mentally Ill” (2012)

Finance Committee Member Receives First Menacing Anonymous Letter From Bad Actors in Rumford, Maine (2010)

May 26, 2010

The Most Dangerous Moments of Our Life: Targeted by an Abusive Cop with Impunity Who Shot A Suicidal Woman During a Mental Health Crisis Four Years Later (2024) The timing of this letter and two more letters all happened to coincide with Jennifer being falsely charged with a felony alcohol charge in March 2010 while sitting … More Finance Committee Member Receives First Menacing Anonymous Letter From Bad Actors in Rumford, Maine (2010)

New Town Attorney Informs Rumford Leadership They MUST Release the “Aggressive, Intimidating” Police Officer’s 2005 Disciplinary Action Letter to Jennifer Norris; Loses Job (2010)

April 29, 2010

This photo was posted on Facebook on March 3, 2011, a year after this “aggressive, intimidating” police officer trampled all over our constitutional rights in our own home… and the police department falsely charged Lee and Jennifer with felonies when in fact they both needed treatment; the real criminals got away with everything. Lee was … More New Town Attorney Informs Rumford Leadership They MUST Release the “Aggressive, Intimidating” Police Officer’s 2005 Disciplinary Action Letter to Jennifer Norris; Loses Job (2010)