Democratic House candidate Christine Maine explains why men join the police: Beat people up, have sex and speed. Candidate says she worked with thousands of officers in Virginia.

Democrat Christine Maine ended her appearance on a local radio debate Friday with a startling analysis. Asked by WINY moderator John Mahan posed the innocuous question from a listener: How can police recruit more officers? Maine, her party’s candidate in the 51st House District, shared her experience as a magistrate in Newport News, Virginia.

Maine said her job brought her into contact with thousands of officers presenting her with search and arrest warrants. Maine told Quiet Corner listeners she was “shocked” when she learned ”some of them joined because they wanted to beat people up with impunity, they wanted to have sex because the uniform attracted women and they wanted to speed.”

Maine concluded her answer by observing that current testing methods of new recruits do not keep out the psychopaths. We need, according to Maine, fewer combative and more friendly officers.

Maine faces two-term incumbent Republican Rick Hayes for the Killingly, Putnam and Thompson seat. Hayes, a retired Putnam police chief was nonplussed when given the opportunity to respond and close the hourlong debate.

Maine is no fringe candidate. She qualified for public financing of her campaign with contributions from public safety committee co-chairs Senator Cathy Osten and Representative Maria Horn, as well as Democratic senators Saud Anwar, Richard Lopes and Norman Needleman. Maine also received a contribution from former Secretary of the State Denise Merrill. Alex Kasser, former state senator from Greenwich, contributed $100. Kasser describes herself in the Maine campaign finance report as an unemployed lawyer living in New Milford.

Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz joined Maine at a local Democratic even in Killingly last week.

Published September 25, 2022.