Deputy Jon Guay said he wouldn’t hire state law enforcement “to manage the morning rush at Dunkin Donuts, much less an investigation of this size.”
Infighting among Maine law enforcement reached a boiling point this week, with local authorities alleging that Maine State Police botched its manhunt for
Guay, a sergeant who has been in law enforcement for 24 years, claimed that state law enforcement went “radio silent” with local and federal law enforcement officers on the ground. He said he was ready to hunt down Card, who’d fled a pair of grisly crime scenes at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, but his agency was given no guidance or intel.
“No one knows this county better than the local officers who work in it,” he wrote. “We have utilized this networking strategy many times before in separate incidents, but when Maine State Police showed up Wednesday night … all that stopped.” that he’d discussed the post with Guay and that he understood the officer's perspective. He did not, however, tell him to delete the post.Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety, did not address Guay’s specific complaints in a statement to the“It’s unfortunate this statement was made but it was a grueling and frustrating 48 hours for everyone,” Moss said, according to thereported, citing a law enforcement official involved in the manhunt.
The anonymous officer reportedly expressed “frustration with Maine State Police” and the delay, which came at a critical time in the hunt for Card. The lengthy search also caused stress among residents of Lewiston and its nearby cities, who were put on lockdown out of fears that an armed murderer was on the loose.
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