Police

Alarm Application and Fees

• The Freeport Police Department is transitioning to electronic processing for alarms.   

  All forms and fees are due by July 1st of each year.  The alarm application is available here. 

  Payment for alarm fees can be completed online by clicking here.

  If you have any questions, please email ngoodman@freeportmaine.com or call 207-865-4800/203.  You can read the alarm ordinance listed as #14 on the Ordinances and Codes section of this website.

  Disclaimer: All credit card payments are processed through a third-party payment processor, Maine Payport. There will be a $1.00 or 2.5% fee, whichever is greater, added to each credit card transaction.

Anonymous Tips and Reporting Suspicious Activity

• To report suspicious activity, call 911.
• Describe specifically what you observed, including
• Who or what you saw;
• When you saw it;
• Where it occurred; and
• Why it's suspicious.
• Click here to submit anonymous tip

Apply to Freeport PD

• Click here

Child Safety Seat Checks

• Click here

For the Chief:  Questions, Comments, Complaints

• If you have a question for the Chief of Police, please send an email to ngoodman@freeportmaine.com
• If you want to commend the work of a Freeport Police Officer, please use this form or write a letter to the Chief of Police.
• If you want to contact the Chief of Police about a concern or complaint, please use this form.

Good Morning/Reassurance Program

• The Good Morning /Reassurance program provides a daily check in for elderly, disabled, or isolated residents. Participants are responsible for making a phone call and leaving a message prior to 9:30 am each day advising they are up and ready to start their day. If a participant does not leave a message, calls are made to personal contacts or the police check to ensure the participant is up and about.
  
  This program does not replace or provide emergency services, referral services, transportation, or give medical or legal advice.
  
  Eligible Adults include those living in Freeport, Brunswick or Harpswell. It is for those living alone, recovering from a medical condition, or for isolated caregivers.
  
  For more information call the Brunswick Communications Center at 721-4310 and leave a message with your name and telephone number.

  'Good Morning' Participant Application

  'People Plus' Description

National Drug Take Back Program

There is a secure permanent drop box for medications in the lobby of the Freeport Public Safety Building.  Anyone can bring unused, unwanted, or expired medications to the Freeport Public Safety Building for proper disposal.

You may dispose of the following items:

• Controlled, non-controlled and over the counter substances
• Medications in their original container (remove the label from the container or draw a black line through the information)
• Liquid products such as cough syrup should remain sealed in their original container if possible. Otherwise the item should be placed in a sealed zip lock bag.
• Do not dispose of sharps in this container.  Sharps (needles), bandages, prescriptions, and other medical waste (in small quantities from your home) may be disposed by including it with your residential trash.  For your safety and the safety of those handling the trash, securely contain these items before discarding.  Both Ecomaine and the law require the following disposal steps for sharps:
• Choose a rigid, leak-proof, puncture-resistant container, such as a hard, plastic bottle with a screw-on or tightly secured lid (a liquid detergent bottle with a large opening is a good choice, or you may purchase a disposable container at a pharmacy).
• Store the container near where the sharps are generated, but out of the reach of children.
• Dispose of the container: Label it using masking tape or duct tape with the following: “Do NOT Recycle.” Screw the lid on tightly and secure it with tape to prevent accidental opening. Then it can be included with your regular household trash.
• Don’t use glass, milk jugs, milk cartons, or clear plastic containers (they may break, be punctured, or taken for illicit use).
• Don’t put sharp objects in a container that will be recycled or returned to a store.

Payment of Parking or Dog Fines

• Parking Bans

On street parking is prohibited on all town streets from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am from November 1 to April 15. Further information about parking restrictions is available through the Town of Freeport ordinances, Chapter 48.

• Parking Tickets

The Town of Freeport now accepts online payments for Parking Tickets!!  Click here to make your parking ticket payment online.

• Dog fees

Stray dogs are brought to Midcoast Humane at 30 Range Road in Brunswick, ME.  There is a $25 fee to retrieve an animal from that facility.  The fee can be paid online here.

Disclaimer: All credit card payments are processed through a third-party payment processor, Maine Payport. There will be a $1.00 or 2.5% fee, whichever is greater, added to each credit card transaction.

Policing the Community

• Patrol: 87 road miles, 34.7 square miles, 25 miles of coastline
• Traffic and parking enforcement
• Crime prevention
• Investigations
• Harbor and coastal waters patrol
• Special assignments (parades, concerts, school events)

Educational Programs:

• Community and merchant crime prevention
• "See Something, Say Something"
• Active Shooter Response

Other Functions:

• Process burglar alarm applications
• Issue "911 only" cell phones
• Issue Concealed Carry Permits

  • The Freeport Police Department issues concealed handgun permits for Freeport residents.  The completed application with supporting documents, photographs, and payment (checks made to the Town of Freeport), should be sent or brought to our address:  Freeport Police Department, 16 Main Street, Freeport, ME  04032

    For instructions and application for a Permit to Carry Concealed Handguns see attachment here.  

    More information about Concealed Carry in Maine is available on the State of Maine website.  If you have an unwanted gun at your residence, please contact the Freeport Police Department (Lt. Powers, 865-4800/206) for information and assistance to properly dispose of that weapon.

Police Personnel:

For a complete list of personnel, click here.

For an application to become a Police Officer, click here.

Special Detail

By ordinance, any event in Freeport that involved more that 250 people requires that a Special Event Application be filed with the Police Department. For further details, please read Chapter 10 of the municipal ordinances or call the Police Department.

Underage Drinking and Drug Use

• Drinking and drug use is an ongoing societal issue, but services are available to help:

Tips

• If you want to send an anonymous tip regarding drug or alcohol activity, click here.

Resources:

• If you would like additional information to help understand the issues involved and resources available to help, please visit the Casco Bay CAN website.