Posted on 07/30/2019 2:29:38 PM PDT by Mr.Unique
A Lewiston police officer who died from a drug overdose at his home in February was seen pocketing drugs during an arrest three weeks earlier, an investigation found.
Officer Nicholas Meserve, 34, was assisting Maine state troopers during a traffic stop on Jan. 18, when he was seen pocketing drug evidence that had fallen on the ground, Lewiston police Lt. David St. Pierre said Thursday.
The drug seized during that traffic stop, which resulted in one arrest, was fentanyl, St. Pierre said.
On Feb. 8, Meserve found dead in his Webster Street home from an accidental fentanyl overdose.
Meserve worked for nearly 10 years with the Lewiston Police Department. Before joining the department, he worked for the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn.
(Excerpt) Read more at bangordailynews.com ...
Lewiston police Chief Brian T. O’Malley said that no officers within his department had knowledge of Meserve’s substance use disorder nor his possession of narcotics.
O’Malley said that the city is still in negotiations with the police unions to establish a drug-testing policy to identify potential substance use issues and provide resources for employees struggling with dependency or addiction.
“...the city is still in negotiations with the police unions to establish a drug-testing policy to identify potential substance use issues ...”
Yay. Terrific. You’d THINK drug use by Police Union Members would be a No-No but, I guess not!
Sad. But he should have known better than to steal the drugs and then take them.
RIP.
Maybe others will learn from this.
“he was seen pocketing drug evidence that had fallen on the ground”
Really? By whom? This kind of “reporting” drives me nuts.
It Figures: 10
Sympathy: 0
There is a damn good reason anesthesiologists are required to keep patients who are put under on constant surveillance. This is dangerous stuff; not for amateurs.
Opioid drug overdoses are still up while opioid prescriptions are way down. Let’s face it the government derives tremendous benefit on the drug trade. Money laudering banks pay big fines, prisons are big business, cartel busts keep the police state agencies busy. The banks, prisons, drug users, dealers and police state are not going away. The war on drugs is a money maker for government like other wars.
Evidently there is video
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/07/25/lewiston-officer-seen-pocketing-drugs-from-arrest/
It appears that some departments will hire anyone. One can see it in the drug culture grooming of some individuals. Those who’ve indulged in fads to make themselves look like inmates do not properly represent authority or encourage respect.
Lewiston police Chief Brian T. O’Malley said that no officers within his department had knowledge of Meserve’s substance use disorder nor his possession of narcotics.
99% likely that this is false.
Darwin sorting at the precinct.
So will the person from whom the drugs were seized/stolen face additional charges?
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
Sounds like he’s worthy of basically ZERO sympathy.
If you read the article, you would have noticed that the charges against the accused have been dropped.
I live in Maine and I’ve heard nothing reported about this on the local news. Strange.
When I was in the .mil we didn’t have a union to “negotiate” piss tests. They were frequent and random.
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