Former Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck now leads Maine’s Department of Public Safety. We discuss some of the important issues in public safety, including the state shortage of law enforcement officers, helping officers better respond to situations involving a suspect with mental illness or addiction, the opioid crisis, criminal justice issues, highway safety and more.
Guests
- Michael Sauschuck, Commissioner of Department of Public Safety for the state of Maine
- Jenna Mehnert, executive director, National Alliance on Mental Illness – Maine
- Richard LaHaye, president of Maine Chiefs of Police Association and Searsport Police Chief
Resources
- Facing Police Shortages, Departments Try New Recruitment Tactics
- Maine to modernize fingerprinting, criminal history records with federal grant
- Mills Signs Executive Order To Address Opioid Epidemic
- 5 things you need to know about sex trafficking in Maine
- Panel rejects bill that would require all police in Maine to wear body cameras
- Task force urgesbetter mental health care in Maine police shootings probe
- Crisis Intervention Team Programs
- Trauma Intervention Programs