The Crime Surge No One Wants to Talk About in Maine with Lt. Nick Goodman
Description
Lt. Nick Goodman has been a cop in Portland for over 20 years.
He’s run narcotics stings. Solved cold cases. Led Portland’s SWAT team through high-risk raids and manhunts. He’s watched the city change, from a place where gunfire made headlines to a place where “another shooting” barely raises eyebrows.
This episode is a raw, unfiltered look at what public safety in Maine actually looks like today (and what it will take to turn things around).
We cover:
- Why Portland went from 1–2 shootings a year to 60–70
- The real reason police recruitment is collapsing
- What happens when jails stop taking violent offenders
- Why COVID still haunts Maine’s courts, streets, and police departments
- How “well-meaning” laws backfire in ways few people understand
- What a Vegas man did to get a heart transplant in Portland
- Why tech silos make Maine a playground for repeat offenders
- And what Lt. Goodman believes Maine’s next governor must do right now
We also explore a bigger question: what happens when systems stop working and the people inside them still try to show up?
This is not a pro-police or anti-police episode. It’s a pro-reality episode.
And it’s one of the most urgent conversations we’ve had on Maine For Keeps.
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