Maine State Police

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law enforcement agency state police agency

The Maine State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for patrolling highways, investigating crimes, and providing public safety services throughout the state of Maine.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Maine State Police canonical	3
Maine State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit	1
Maine State Police Communications Unit	1
Maine State Police Criminal Intelligence Unit	1
Maine State Police Forensic Laboratory	1
Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit	1
Maine State Police Tactical Team	1
Maine State Police Traffic Division	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T320485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maine State Police
Context triple: [Interstate 95 near Newport, Maine, emergencyServicesProvidedBy, Maine State Police]

A. Massachusetts State Police
The Massachusetts State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, and public safety across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
B. Maryland State Police
The Maryland State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, and public safety across the state of Maryland.
C. New York State Police
The New York State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, and public safety across New York State.
D. Oregon State Police
The Oregon State Police is a statewide law enforcement agency in Oregon responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, and supporting public safety across the state.
E. Maine Department of Transportation
The Maine Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maine’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and related facilities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maine State Police
Target entity description: The Maine State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for patrolling highways, investigating crimes, and providing public safety services throughout the state of Maine.

A. Massachusetts State Police
The Massachusetts State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, and public safety across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
B. Maryland State Police
The Maryland State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, and public safety across the state of Maryland.
C. New York State Police
The New York State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, and public safety across New York State.
D. Oregon State Police
The Oregon State Police is a statewide law enforcement agency in Oregon responsible for highway patrol, criminal investigations, and supporting public safety across the state.
E. Maine Department of Transportation
The Maine Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maine’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and related facilities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	law enforcement agency ⓘ state police agency ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employerOf	civilian public safety personnel ⓘ state troopers ⓘ sworn law enforcement officers ⓘ
follows	Maine Revised Statutes ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
hasDivision	Maine State Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maine State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit Maine State Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maine State Police Communications Unit Maine State Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maine State Police Criminal Intelligence Unit Maine State Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maine State Police Forensic Laboratory Maine State Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Maine State Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maine State Police Tactical Team Maine State Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maine State Police Traffic Division
hasMotto	Integrity, Fairness, Compassion ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Augusta, Maine ⓘ
jurisdiction	Maine highways ⓘ Maine ⓘ surface form: State of Maine
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Maine ⓘ
operatesIn	rural areas of Maine ⓘ small towns in Maine ⓘ unorganized territories of Maine ⓘ
parentOrganization	Maine Department of Public Safety ⓘ
partOf	Maine law enforcement system ⓘ
responsibleFor	commercial vehicle enforcement ⓘ criminal intelligence services ⓘ criminal investigations in Maine ⓘ emergency response on state highways ⓘ forensic services ⓘ highway patrol in Maine ⓘ major crime investigations ⓘ missing persons investigations ⓘ public safety services in Maine ⓘ statewide communications for law enforcement ⓘ statewide law enforcement in Maine ⓘ support to local law enforcement agencies ⓘ tactical response operations ⓘ traffic crash investigations ⓘ traffic enforcement on state highways ⓘ
sector	public safety ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Maine Department of Public Safety ⓘ
usesEquipment	emergency lights and sirens ⓘ firearms ⓘ marked patrol vehicles ⓘ police radios ⓘ unmarked patrol vehicles ⓘ