Title 25, Title 25

1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "federal officers" means the following persons who are authorized to carry firearms in the performance of their duties as federal law enforcement employees or officers: A. [PL 2007, c. 209, §1 (RP).] A-1. [PL 2001, c. 602, §1 (NEW); MR…

Members of the State Police must be provided at the expense of the State with a distinctive uniform and badge, and with suitable equipment, all of which remains the property of the State. When on duty to enforce the laws of the road, and at such other times as the Chief of the St…

The Governor shall determine the salary of the chief and deputy chief. The compensation of the other members of the State Police shall be determined under the Civil Service Law. [PL 1985, c. 785, Pt. B, §109 (AMD).] Before entering upon the duties of their office they shall be sw…

The chief may establish and maintain a State Police Reserve Corps. To be eligible for membership in such reserve corps, applicants shall meet such standards as may be determined by the chief; shall enlist therein for a period of not less than 3 years, and shall take the oath pres…

1. Squad established. The Department of Public Safety shall establish a cold case homicide squad, referred to in this section as the "squad." The purpose of the squad is to work exclusively on unsolved murders in the State. 2. Report and sunset. The Department of Public Safety sh…

1. Telecommunications system. The Bureau of the State Police shall provide for the installation, operation and maintenance of a criminal justice telecommunications system for the purpose of promptly collecting, exchanging and distributing information relating to criminal justice …

Beginning in fiscal year 2013-14, state funding for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police must be provided as follows: [PL 2013, c. 354, Pt. F, §1 (AMD); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. EEE, §1 (AMD).] 1. Highway Fund. Thirty-five percent must be allocated from the Highway…

Except as necessary for the purposes of investigating suspected criminal activity or terrorism, administering civil, criminal or juvenile justice pursuant to Title 16, chapter 9 or protecting a person's health and welfare under Title 34‑B, chapter 3, subchapter 4, article 3, the …

Beginning January 1, 2024 and annually thereafter, the Bureau of State Police shall report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters, transportation matters and appropriations and financial affairs regarding resource coo…

In cooperation with appropriate law enforcement agencies, the Bureau of State Police shall establish by December 31, 2026 and maintain a publicly accessible website that lists all open missing persons cases in the State. The website must contain details regarding each missing per…

The Bureau of Consolidated Emergency Communications, referred to in this chapter as "the bureau," is established within the department for the provision of emergency dispatch and 9‑1‑1 call-taking services to municipal, county and state government entities. [PL 2019, c. 339, §1 (…

The Consolidated Emergency Communications Fund is created as an enterprise fund for the deposit of any payments made by municipal, county and state governmental entities. The fund may not lapse but must be carried forward to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

The bureau, in accordance with this section, shall establish the fees that must be paid by political subdivisions for public safety answering point services and dispatch services provided by the department to those political subdivisions, including services provided pursuant to s…

1. Appointment. The Chief of the State Police shall appoint a person who has knowledge of the various standard identification systems and Maine court procedure to be commanding officer of the State Bureau of Identification, heretofore established within the Bureau of State Police…

1. Duty to take fingerprints. The law enforcement agency designated in subsection 3 shall take the fingerprints of any person: A. Charged with the commission of a criminal offense except a violation of Title 12 or 29‑A that is a Class D or E crime other than an alcohol-related or…

It is the duty of all state, county, tribal and municipal law enforcement agencies, including those employees of the University of Maine System appointed to act as law enforcement officers, to submit to the State Bureau of Identification uniform crime reports, to include such inf…

At the conclusion of a juvenile court proceeding or at the conclusion of a prosecution for a criminal offense except a violation of Title 12 or Title 29‑A that is a Class D or E crime other than a Class D crime that involves hunting while under the influence of intoxicating liquo…

The State Police, the sheriffs and the chiefs of police in each of the cities and towns may take or cause to be taken and, upon payment of a $3 fee, may take or cause to be taken the fingerprints or palm prints, or fingerprints and palm prints, of any person who requests that the…

Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of section 1542‑A, subsection 1 or 3, or with the provisions of section 1542‑A, subsection 4, imposing a duty to transmit criminal fingerprint records to the State Bureau of Identification, or with the provisions of sections 1544…

By April 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the State Bureau of Identification shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters regarding the incidence of operating under the influence offenses pursuant to Title 29‑A…

This chapter may be known and cited as the "DNA Data Base and Data Bank Act."

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1995, c. 457, §1 (NEW).] 1. CODIS. "CODIS" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation's national DNA identification index system that allows for storage and exchan…

1. Responsibility for system. The Chief of the State Police is responsible for DNA analysis and establishing, managing and administering the state DNA data base and the state DNA data bank to support law enforcement and for liaison with the FBI regarding the State's participation…

1. Conviction subsequent to effective date. A person convicted, on or after January 1, 1996 and before October 1, 2001, of a crime listed in subsection 4 or a person convicted on or after October 1, 2001, of a crime listed in subsection 5 shall submit to having a DNA sample taken…

1. Collection equipment. The crime lab shall provide collection equipment or a kit for the collection of a biological sample required by section 1574 to persons authorized to collect samples. 2. Person to draw blood sample. Only a duly licensed physician, physician associate, reg…

The Chief of the State Police may adopt rules governing the procedures to be used in the collection, submission, identification, analysis and storage of DNA samples and the results of the typing of biological samples submitted pursuant to this Act. The biological sample must be s…

1. Confidentiality. All DNA records are confidential and may not be disclosed to any person or agency unless disclosure is authorized by this section. 2. Access to records. The following persons or agencies may have access to DNA records: A. Local, county, state and federal crimi…

1. Offense. A person is guilty of unlawful dissemination of a DNA record if the person knowingly disseminates a DNA record in violation of this Act. 2. Penalty. Unlawful dissemination of a DNA record is a Class E crime.

No credits toward retirement under section 1591 shall be allowed to any member of the State Police in military service beyond the period of first enlistment or induction into the Armed Forces of the United States unless the individual involved is compelled to continue service und…

Funds for the payment of the retirement pay of state police officers shall be included in the annual budget of the Bureau of State Police and the amounts necessary to pay such retirement pay shall be in addition to the regular appropriation for the support of the department.

Upon the filing with the Chief of the State Police of an application by a member of the State Police in service and upon the determination by the chief that the member has incurred permanent disability as a result of injuries received in the line of duty, the member may be retire…

A surviving spouse must be paid 1/2 of the amount that any member of the State Police, including the Chief of the State Police, is receiving either as a pension or a disability retirement allowance under this chapter, and those payments must continue for the remainder of the spou…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. CCCCC, §4 (NEW).] 1. Chief. "Chief" means the Chief of the State Police. 1-A. Consumer Price Index. "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Pr…

1. Amount; recipients. In a case in which the chief determines under rules adopted pursuant to this section that a law enforcement officer has died while in the line of duty, in a case in which the State Fire Marshal determines under rules adopted pursuant to this section that a …

The New England State Police Compact is hereby entered into and enacted into law with any and all of the states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows.

The purposes of this compact are to: [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).] 1. Detection and apprehension. Provide close and effective cooperation and assistance in detecting and apprehending those engaged in organized criminal activities; 2. Criminal intelligence bureau. Establish and maintai…

1. Force and effect. This compact shall enter into force when enacted into law by any 3 of the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other of the aforementioned states upon i…

1. New England State Police Administrators' Conference. There is established the "New England State Police Administrators' Conference", in this chapter called the "conference", to be composed of the administrative head of the state police department of each party state. 2. Altern…

The conference shall have power to: [PL 1965, c. 435 (NEW).] 1. New England Criminal Intelligence Bureau. Establish and operate a New England Criminal Intelligence Bureau, in this chapter called "the bureau", in which shall be received, assembled and kept case histories, records,…

The bureau established and operated pursuant to Article IV, subsection 1, of this compact is designated and recognized as the instrument for the performance of a central criminal intelligence service to the state police departments of the party states. The files, records, data an…

The members of the conference from any 2 or more party states, upon notice to the chair as to the time and purpose of the meeting, may meet as a section for the discussion of problems common to their states. Any 2 or more party states may designate the conference as a joint agenc…

1. Definitions. As used in this article: A. "Emergency" means an occurrence or condition, temporary in nature, in which the state police department of a party state is, or may reasonably be expected to be, unable to cope with substantial and imminent danger to the public safety, …

1. Budget. The conference shall submit to the governor or designated officer or officers of each party state a budget of its estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of that party state for presentation to the legislature thereof. 2. Appropriations. E…

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United Stat…

The Chief of the State Police is authorized to designate an alternate to serve in the chief's place and stead on the New England State Police Administrators' Conference as permitted by Article III, subsections 2 and 3 of the compact. However, it is the intention of the Legislatur…

The employees of the New England State Police Administrators' Conference may, upon the concluding of an agreement for coverage with the State Retirement System, be eligible for and covered by such system. Any such agreement shall provide, as nearly as may be, for the same ratio o…