Legitimacy, accountability are essential for effective and trusted law enforcement

Legitimacy, accountability are essential for effective and trusted law enforcement

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Gregory Maxwell is a resident of Whiting and a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard. After leaving the Coast Guard, he spent more than two decades as a merchant mariner, including service as a ship’s captain. During my six years in the U.S. Coast Guard, I had the opport…