Please follow the Bangor Police Dept on Facebook, it's worth it.

[mwilson]

We have good cops here in Maine, hands down.

Our local PD has collected followers at an amazing pace thanks to the daily postings. They gained a bunch of new followers when they issued instructions for out of staters on the handling of a major snow event back on Jan 21st. It is well written so please take the time to read it.

Here is the home page for Bangor PD. We are proud of them.

https://www.facebook.com/Bangor-Maine-Police-Department-227432866078/?fref=ts

The snowstorm prep post copied from the Bangor PD Facebook page....

Dear Mid-Atlantic of these United States of America.
I think we all knew it could happen. Every year when you pack up your well tanned family and head back home from our tiny piece of paradise, you look back and see us raking up our leaves and putting our snow shovels by the door. You always sigh, knowing that we will be dealing with winter in a far different way than you will.
With lobster traps on your roof and pine cones in your carry ons, you think of us with with warm memories of fantastic sunsets, thick accents and great clam chowder. You talk to the family about coming back next year and enjoying all that Maine has to offer.
Down deep, you feel sorry for us. You know that we will be moving snowbanks, raking our roof, smashing ice dams off the shingles and stoking the wood stove with the dollar bills that you left behind.

Listen, this storm is going to miss us. This is not typical and we want to share a little advice of how to make it through an epic "snow event" unscathed. We want you to come back next year. Here are a few tips.

1. Don't panic. It's just frozen rain. It does go away so don't try to move too much at one time.

2. Don't shovel too early and don't wait too long. Pace yourself. Go out every few hours and move a little at a time. It can hurt your back, arms and legs. You always wonder why we all walk funny. It is not because of the clam chowder.

3. Heart attacks in big snow storms are rather common. Help out your neighbor who is older, out of shape or that has known health problems. Helping them move some snow (better yet, let your offspring do it) is better than calling EMS while you are doing CPR. Seriously.

4. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT buy all the bread on the shelves. As a lifelong Mainer, I recommend cereal. No better reason has ever been invented to eat Golden Crisp, Honeycomb or Captain Crunch (don't get the peanut butter flavored. That stuff sucks). You will need milk and of course a bowl and spoon. You probably already have that in the house. I have lived for several weeks on only Rice Crispies and Snickers.

5. Get some batteries and flashlights that work. Nothing is worse than going through the junk drawer and finding only 1 D battery when you need two. LED flashlights are awesome, cheap and last and last. You might need one to find the cereal.

6. Charge your Cellphone. If you have a generator, you need gas. You look stupid trying to start a generator with no gas in it. Don't ask me how I know. Do not run the generator inside a basement or garage. Yes, people do that. Usually only one time.

7. Toilets flush without electricity. If you fill your tub with water, you can use it for all kinds of things, including flushing the toilet. Also, to wash cereal bowls.

8. Fill your car up with gas. If you get stuck somewhere and have to run the car, make sure you clean out around the tail pipe and do not fall asleep with the car running.

We need you to come back next summer to buy more lobster and lobster traps. Pine cones are free.

Most of all, take care of each other. Be nice and invite neighbors to hole up at one location. Hide expensive things, but help them. (that's the cop talking).
You will be fine. We drink lots of coffee and complain when we get hit like this storm. It works ok. It makes us grouchy but that's why you come here in the summer. To hear stories from grumpy Mainers who sell lobster traps. Now, you will have some of your own to share with us when you get back.

Be safe and well and if you have any Cap'n Crunch left after the storm. It keeps very well. Bring it up this summer.

The men and women of the Bangor Police Department are rooting for you. You got this.
We will be here!

 

[TFucili]

That's pretty good, Mike. I sat here watching the news folks having an aneurysm, and thinking, "Jeez, it's like it never snowed before". I guess people really have gone soft.

 

[CBari]

I loved it. It really is crazy how people react and the new media hypes it up.

 

[DavidC]

I have wonderful memories of Maine winters when I was stationed at Loring AFB. One fond one was searching for my car and finding the little ball on the antenna poking thru the snow, another was finding a 6' ladder to get on top of the snow covered road. The best was how many times there would be the -70 wind chill. Maine is a very pretty state but I find shoveling Sun Shine easier on my back but the 115+ are getting to me in my old age now. I need to be a snow bird and follow the reasonable temps as I find anything below 80 I am cold and anything above 80 is hot. :-laf

 

[TFucili]

...as I find anything below 80 I am cold and anything above 80 is hot. :-laf

Dang, you're a "high maintenance" sorta feller, eh?

 

[DavidC]

Dang, you're a "high maintenance" sorta feller, eh?

Nah, just the high mileage is less tolerant of a lot of things anymore

Dave

 

[RUSSELL5000]

I like it! Love a snow story.

We get lots of snow here on the shore of Lake Erie, but not so much cold - coldest I have seen here is -15 F.

I was in North Dakota when I was in the service and then went to school in Minnesota. In North Dakota and at school in Minnesota we would see something like -30 F in the winter. One year when I was in school we went to visit at the home of this one girl on winter break. She was from International Falls in Minnesota. We got up one morning and it was -50 F. I thought I was used to cold, but that was a whole different level. We helped her Dad feed his cattle that day - that single experience was more than enough for my whole life. I have never wanted to experience that again - too much is too much!

 

[TheDieselMan]

...DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT buy all the bread on the shelves.[/COLOR]

I can relate to this so much every time there are storms...

 

[mwilson]

These guys are funny. You gotta follow them..

From today's ....

 

[TJJEEPER]

Best line...

4. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT buy all the bread on the shelves. As a lifelong Mainer, I recommend cereal. No better reason has ever been invented to eat Golden Crisp, Honeycomb or Captain Crunch (don't get the peanut butter flavored. That stuff sucks). You will need milk and of course a bowl and spoon. You probably already have that in the house. I have lived for several weeks on only Rice Crispies and Snickers.

 

[mwilson]

Every Wednesday is a special day for the Bangor PD....."Got Warrants" Day...

I post these for those that do not "Facebook". If you do "Facebook" please follow these guys if you haven't done so already..

From today's BPD Facebook page......

"I can barely hide my excitement on Wednesday mornings. 4am cannot come fast enough for me. I wake on the hour, every hour after midnight. Knowing that I will soon be able to type up our “Got Warrants?” weekly feature.
I can feel my heart race when my housemates yell, “turn out the light” and, “shut up” as I check the clock and verbally count down, out loud, every 15 minutes until “go time.” I know they are excited as well.
Once typed, I like to read it out loud with background music from Van McCoy cranking on the JVC box speakers taken from the back of a powder blue, VW rabbit. They crackle but if the alligator clips are placed correctly; it is symphonic perfection.
Let’s get to it.


Jager Bombs dropped like the whistling destruction from a World War 2, B-17 run on a Berlin ball-bearing factory. Everyone at the bar enjoyed the kindness of the cordial man who said, “drinks all around.” The one hundred and eight dollar tab did not bother Daryl one little bit. Once his card was declined both the patron’s thirst…and Daryl, had disappeared.
Daryl was stopped in his attempt to “ease on down” the road like with cast of The Wiz. When the cops showed up to discuss both his kindness and his declined credit card, Daryl said he needed to stop over to the Tavern on Main to meet a man named Peter in order to borrow the money to pay the tab. Apparently, Peter was a figment of the Jagermeister’s imagination. Officer Tyler Rusby discovered that Daryl was currently on bail for being generous and not paying another tab in the past. He was arrested for the charge of Theft of Services and charged with violation of bail conditions on the former charges.


When you steal a phone and sell it at the ECO ATM Kiosk at the Hannaford grocery outlet, remember that the equipment there snaps a fairly high definition portrait of your face. I call it the “Duck Face of Deceit.” The girl who stole the phone from the nice people at Discount Mattress has a DFOD photo on Officer Alvarado’s desk along with a completed and active arrest warrant. You will be featured in our “Got Warrants?” in the near future. We hope the minuscule amount of cash was worth it, Amber.


In our “Interlude of Kindness” section, we find Officer Alvarado again placing a man under arrest this time for a suspended driver’s license and lack of insurance. Well, he was summoned for those charges but he was arrested on an active warrant. The man had just picked up a couple of pizzas for his family and requested that Officer Alvarado make sure the kids got fed. We have kids. Our kids like pizza as well. The man was dropped off at the County jail. Alvarado then delivered the pizza to the man’s family. It was still hot. ‪#‎peopleandpizzamatter‬


A couple of young ladies were stopped for failing to focus on safety. The lack of latched lap and shoulder belts caused Officer Farrar to spring into action on Main Street. The driver had a suspended operator’s license and was charged. The passenger had an active license but was no help in getting the car off the street as no one had taken the time to tutor her in the use of a clutch and cogs. Note to self: Learn to drive stick. Tow trucks can be expensive. Grand Theft Auto 5 is not appropriate training for the real world and no, you cannot drive a helicopter either.


A man that went to court to answer the charges against him decided that it would be easier if he were inebriated. Court Officer John Robinson noted the odor of intoxicants emitting from the man who, by law, should only should have smelled of orange juice at that time of the morning. No chasers when facing your cases. He was taken to the Police Department where it was proven that he might have had more than Tang. He was taken to jail for violating his previous bail conditions and will have the opportunity to see the judge on another day. Note to self: Judge ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. In this case, the suspect only felt happy. That is completely different.


Upon arriving at the fight call, the officers found that the group had simmered down. One individual decided to become the focus of attention and told the officers that he would defy their orders to quietly, calm down. At one point, he appeared to be moving along nicely. It was a short-lived moment of clarity as he came back and continued to call the officers names using coarse and foul language. Officer Lund took him to jail. P.S. We actually do not want to arrest you. Just behave.


Making your own, hand created masterpieces worked well for your mom’s refrigerator. It is less impressive when you poorly color in the lines on your own, homemade, state motor vehicle inspection sticker and place it on your windshield. He explained to Officer Smith that his dad had told him that the sticker “didn’t look right” and would probably be pulled over. Dad was right. Dad is usually right. We do not know if the young man advised his dad of the the summons. We know for sure that it was real.


We try to keep your medical costs down. How? By responding to a local hospital where two individuals were leaving with blankets and pillows from a hospital room. Officer Burns arrived and the staff members had already recovered the linens. While giving the couple a trespass warning, the man called Burns many names which included the N word and the C word. The suspect verbalized that Burns should remove his badge and gun belt to go outside and settle this "man on man." The suspect then added that he would be willing to take off his own shirt for the invitation only “smackdown.” Well, these things do escalate quickly.
Burns never considered taking off his own gear at any point but felt that the offer of shirtless combat was a way the man could give up something as well. We call it dignity. The man ripped up the criminal trespass order showing Burns that he definitely had learned his lesson. Yes, the job can be frustrating.


This information has been gleaned from police files from Bangor Police Department cases. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Blankets and towels are provided for suspects upon their arrival at jail. BYOB is for bottle clubs and Super Bowl parties. No police officers were injured in the making of this segment. We urge citizens to leave other's alone and do not take things that do not belong to you. Pizza was not paid for by Officer Alvarado. Officers will not take off gun belts or clothing at the request of violent patrons.

The men and women of the Bangor Police Department will be here. Have a great Wednesday. Really. We mean it!"

Love these guys!!!
Mike.