Name of longtime UMaine detective to be added to national memorial, media report
WABI (Channel 5) and WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) reported former Maine Drug Enforcement Agent and longtime University of Maine Police Department Detective Chris Gardner, who passed away in 2016, will be honored in Washington, D.C. Gardner’s name will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and a candlelight vigil will be held on the National Mall, WABI reported. Gardner had been a member of UMaine PD for 27 years, rising to the rank of detective sergeant. For more than seven years, he also worked as a special agent with the North Central Task Force of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. He was posthumously honored last year for his work on a major federal firearms and drug investigation in Connecticut and Maine, the reports state.