In the 14 months since, the Burlington Police Department has dropped from around 90 officers, when the resolution was passed, to under 70 today. This is largely thanks, officials say, to cops leaving for higher-paying jobs in other departments or retiring earlier than expected.
While working on the policy, law enforcement officials decided to ask legislators to amend the chokehold ban to make it clear that police can use chokeholds to defend themselves in life-and-death situations.
An officer with the Berlin (VT) Police Department reportedly shot a female acquaintance and then turned the gun on himself, dying by suicide at the scene on Monday afternoon.
The Vermont Attorney General's Office is reviewing the results of an investigation into the Bellows Falls Police Department by the Vermont State Police.
The first casualty was Brandon del Pozo, who resigned as chief after it came out that he was using a fake Twitter account to heckle activists who were critical of the city. Stepping in to take his place was casualty number two, Jan Wright, who was shortly after put on paid administrative leave after it emerged that she had a fake Facebook account
An officer with the Burlington (VT) Police Department says she suffered three concussions and permanent hearing damage during a training exercise at the Vermont Police Academy.
A 48-year-old man was killed when his vehicle drifted over the centerline of a road in Groton, Vermont, and struck the vehicle occupied by St. Johnsbury Police Chief Timothy Page and his wife Colleen on Saturday.
Saturday night was Vermont Day at Fenway Park. Vermont State Police trooper, Dan Marcellus, was there with his family to throw out a ceremonial first pitch. Nine months ago, the 14 year VSP trooper was diagnosed with a grade four brain cancer.
Vermont State Trooper Kyle D. Young, 28, who was assigned to the New Haven barracks, has been identified as the police officer who died Thursday after experiencing a medical incident during training at a Jericho firing range.
Vermont law enforcement officials are mourning the death of a K-9 that was struck and killed by a car Sunday in Derby.
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