Maine crime

The CDC fact counts age-adjusted resident homicide deaths. Court-ordered intervention programs concern prevention of domestic violence, including potentially fatal violence, a subset of homicides. Program funding is not a homicide count or evidence that deaths fell. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maine evidence context: Homicide deaths · Reported violent-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Sec. 1. Transfer of settlement funds. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall transfer $500,000 from the Administration - Attorney General, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of the Attorney General from funds received from settlement agreements to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2027. Sec. 2. Reallocation of existing funds. Any existing funds allocated to the Department of Corrections, Office of Victim Services for the purpose of funding partial reimbursement of certified domestic violence intervention program indigent participant fees must be reallocated to similarly provide ongoing funding for certified domestic violence intervention programs. Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made. CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF Office of Victim Services 0046 Initiative: Provides one-time funding for certified domestic violence intervention programs. GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27 All Other $0 $500,000 __________ __________ GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $500,000

The CDC fact counts age-adjusted resident homicide deaths. Court-ordered intervention programs concern prevention of domestic violence, including potentially fatal violence, a subset of homicides. Program funding is not a homicide count or evidence that deaths fell. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maine evidence context: Homicide deaths · Reported violent-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Sec. 1. Transfer of settlement funds. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall transfer $500,000 from the Administration - Attorney General, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of the Attorney General from funds received from settlement agreements to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2027. Sec. 2. Reallocation of existing funds. Any existing funds allocated to the Department of Corrections, Office of Victim Services for the purpose of funding partial reimbursement of certified domestic violence intervention program indigent participant fees must be reallocated to similarly provide ongoing funding for certified domestic violence intervention programs. Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made. CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF Office of Victim Services 0046 Initiative: Provides one-time funding for certified domestic violence intervention programs. GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27 All Other $0 $500,000 __________ __________ GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $500,000

FBI property crime includes larceny-theft, burglary and motor-vehicle theft. Defining retail merchandise, including gift cards, concerns a theft component rather than all property crimes or a demonstrated reduction in reported offenses. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maine evidence context: Reported property-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §363, sub-§2 is enacted to read: 2. As used in this section, "retail merchandise" means any product, good or other item of value that is displayed, held, stored or offered by a retailer for retail sale to consumers. "Retail merchandise" includes, but is not limited to, tangible personal property, gift cards, electronics and commodities.

FBI property crime includes larceny-theft, burglary and motor-vehicle theft. Defining retail merchandise, including gift cards, concerns a theft component rather than all property crimes or a demonstrated reduction in reported offenses. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maine evidence context: Reported property-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §363, sub-§2 is enacted to read: 2. As used in this section, "retail merchandise" means any product, good or other item of value that is displayed, held, stored or offered by a retailer for retail sale to consumers. "Retail merchandise" includes, but is not limited to, tangible personal property, gift cards, electronics and commodities.

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens and noncitizens with many statuses. Limits on state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement concern subsets of that population. Birthplace does not establish immigration status or criminal conduct. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Maine evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

§4762. Activities unaffected This chapter may not be construed to prohibit: 1. Exchanging information consistent with federal law. A law enforcement agency from sending to or requesting or receiving from an immigration authority information regarding the immigration status of a person or maintaining or exchanging that information with any other federal, state or local governmental entity under 8 United States Code, Section 1373 or 1644; or 2. Actions against person pursuant to certain criminal laws. A law enforcement agency from investigating, lawfully detaining, executing a criminal warrant or taking other action against a person pursuant to state criminal law or federal law as provided in section 4763, subsection 2. §4763. Prohibited activities 1. Prohibited activities. A law enforcement agency may not: A. Except as provided in subsection 2, use agency or department money or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, stop, arrest or search a person for immigration enforcement purposes, including: (1) Inquiring into a person's immigration status; (2) Detaining a person solely on the basis of a hold request; (3) Providing to immigration authorities information regarding the person's release date unless that information is available to the public; (4) Providing to immigration authorities personal information about the person, including the person's home address or work address; (5) Making or intentionally participating in an arrest based upon a hold request; (6) Assisting immigration authorities in activities described in 8 United States Code, Section 1357(a)(3); or Page 3 - 132LR0978(03) (7) Performing the functions of an immigration authority; B. Place a law enforcement officer under the supervision of a federal agency or employ a law enforcement officer deputized as a special federal officer or special federal deputy for immigration enforcement; C. Use an agent or employee of an immigration authority as an interpreter for local law enforcement agency matters regarding a person in the law enforcement agency's custody; or D. Transfer a person to an immigration authority unless authorized by a court order or criminal warrant. With the exception of willful or wanton misconduct, a law enforcement agency that acts in good faith compliance with this section in releasing a person subject to a hold request is immune from civil or criminal liability as a result of making the release. 2. Permitted activities. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, if an activity does not violate a policy of the law enforcement agency or a state or local law or policy of the jurisdiction in which the agency is operating, a law enforcement agency may: A. Investigate, take enforcement action against or detain a person upon reasonable suspicion of or arrest a person for a violation of 8 United States Code, Section 1326 that may be subject to the enhancement specified under 8 United States Code, Section 1326(b)(2) and that is detected during an unrelated law enforcement activity. A transfer to an immigration authority under this paragraph is permitted only if authorized by a court order or criminal warrant; B. Respond to a request from an immigration authority for information about a specific person's criminal history, including a previous criminal arrest or conviction or similar public criminal history record information accessed under Title 16, chapter 7, when otherwise permitted by state law; C. Conduct enforcement or investigative duties associated with a joint law enforcement task force, including the execution of a warrant or sharing of confidential information with a federal law enforcement agency or another law enforcement agency, for the purpose of a task force investigation, if: (1) The primary purpose of the joint law enforcement task force is not immigration enforcement; (2) The enforcement or investigative duties are primarily related to a violation of state or federal law, including but not limited to terrorism, drug trafficking or human trafficking; and (3) Participation in the task force by the law enforcement agency does not violate any state or local law or policy to which the agency is subject; D. Make an inquiry into information necessary to certify an individual identified as a potential crime or trafficking victim for a visa pursuant to 8 United States Code, Section 1101(a)(15)(T) or 1101(a)(15)(U) or to comply with 18 United States Code, Section 922(d)(5); or Page 4 - 132LR0978(03) E. Give an immigration authority access to interview an individual in the custody of the agency, as long as the immigration authority's interview request is supported by a valid court order. §4764. Duties of custodial law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency shall, for an inmate in the agency's custody: 1. Written consent for voluntary interview. In advance of an interview between the inmate and an immigration authority regarding a civil immigration violation, provide the inmate with a written consent form that explains the purpose of the interview, that the interview is voluntary and that the inmate may decline the interview or be interviewed only with the inmate's attorney present. The consent form must be written in the primary language of the inmate and read to the inmate by a person who is not an immigration authority. This paragraph does not establish a right of counsel that otherwise does not exist in law; and 2. Notice of hold request. Upon receiving a hold request, provide a copy of the request to the inmate and inform the inmate that the law enforcement agency is prohibited under section 4763 from detaining an inmate based solely on the hold request. §4765. Records A law enforcement agency shall make reasonable efforts to retain for a period of 4 years a copy of a hold request and any other request along with any accompanying information or documentation provided by an immigration authority and information on the inmate subject to the hold request.

Governor Janet Mills issued Executive Order 4 on November 9, 2023 to establish a seven-member independent commission examining the October 25 Lewiston shooting, preceding circumstances and the police response. This is an independent public-safety inquiry, distinct from the criminal investigation. Its creation is not a finding about agency failures, a prosecution outcome or a measured change in Maine’s crime rate. The inquiry covers the perpetrator’s mental-health history, contacts with state, federal and military authorities, access to firearms, the initial police response and subsequent manhunt. The commission determines the scope of its fact-finding; this order does not change firearm-sale rules or impose a new criminal penalty. The Attorney General’s Office is requested to provide funding needed for staff or consultants; contracts must make them answer to the commission. The chair and members are uncompensated. The order specifies no dollar appropriation or actual expenditure. The chair controls meetings, agendas and scheduling; subcommittees are allowed. Records, proceedings and deliberations are excluded from the cited Freedom of Access Act requirements. Public accessibility is qualified by practicality and protection of fact-finding. A public report is required, with thoroughness balanced against timely answers; no fixed report deadline is stated. Historical issuance and event context. A commission’s recommendations do not enact a law, establish an entitlement or prove spending, report adoption or measured outcomes. Later reports, amendments, legal authorities and actual implementation need separate review. The chart does not isolate a causal effect on Maine readings.

Retained Maine evidence context: crime, victimization, policing and criminal justice · reviewed Maine policy context · health coverage, healthcare costs, access to care and public health · reviewed Maine policy context · budgets, government spending, deficits and public debt · reviewed Maine policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

the initial law enforcement response to the Lewiston shootings and the manhunt that ensued