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About Town - MIXED MESSAGE - Drinking cop promoted over drinking-control cop

Monday, April 17, 2006


MIXED MESSAGE - Drinking cop promoted over drinking-control cop


The Portland police officer most famous for being involved in an OUI crash after a night out in the Old Port has been promoted to captain of patrol, chosen over the Portland police officer most famous for trying to control drinkers in the Old Port.

Lieutenant Ted Ross is known for driving his city-issue unmarked cruiser into another car on York Street in December 2002, resulting in a taxpayer bill of $271,000 to the driver not only of the car he hit, but also of the one that was hit in the richochet. The real catch? Ross had been drinking at an open-bar po