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Article: Cuts could affect Hancock County drug task force
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- January 8, 2008
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ELLSWORTH - In its more than three years of existence, the
Hancock County Drug Task Force has gone from being entirely funded
by local taxpayers to using state money and drug forfeitures to cut
costs by two-thirds.
Last week's announcement that the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency
will lose 75 percent of its federal funding could cripple the small
Hancock County unit tasked to disrupt the drug trade Down East.
"Nobody has officially said anything to us and obviously it's too
early to tell or figure out who gets what, but losing support from
the MDEA would be devastating," Hancock County Sheriff William Clark
said Monday. "I don't believe the county would pick up the costs.
Adding that to our ...