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Article: High-tech bomb robot to join specialized Bangor police team
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 30, 2003
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BANGOR - The Bangor Police Department's Explosives Ordinance
Disposal Team, or bomb squad, has received a $470,000 federal grant
that will be used to purchase a bomb robot, among other things.
When it arrives, the robot will be the second of its kind in
Maine, according to Police Chief Don Winslow. The Maine State Police
own the only such robot in Maine.
Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland
said Tuesday that the state police robot is housed in the
department's negotiations van, headquartered in Augusta.
McCausland said the state police's robot, which cost $140,000, is
used by both its bomb squad and tactical team and was purchased with
federal grant money.
He said ...