Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

… 1771, Selectmen chose Samuel Bullen to serve as Constable. His responsibilities were to maintain public order, to deal with persons who were a…

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

… scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times. He also served as assessor and justice of the peace for Suffolk County…

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

In 1849, Jeremy was a collector of taxes and a constable. Jeremy died in Lincoln, Maine at the age of 80.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

… basis, with a deputy sheriff in the summer and a constable for the rest of the year. Full-time police presence came in the late 1970s.

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

Jenks, artist H.T. Harris, and various constables, citizens and sailors, near Portland's St. Paul's Church.