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Friday, July 31, 2009

Funding Gets Cut For Maine Police Departments Because of Low Crime Rate

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State police, counties lose out

"Maine, with its low crime rate, received only the $5 million minimum.

By DAVID HENCH, Staff Writer July 31, 2009"

"When the Department of Justice announced its grant funding through the COPS program this week, neither the Maine State Police nor any of the state's county sheriff's departments made the cut.

In fact, nationally and in Maine there were far more losers than winners in this round of grants, though technically the applications that didn't get funded are classified as pending in case the Community Oriented Policing Services program receives another infusion of cash next year.

The funding decisions left some agencies puzzled and disappointed."