General Edson’s family of 55 troopers in 1947 is today a family of 333. “Grandpa Edson” would be proud of what he started, and so are all Vermonters who depend each day and night on the service of the Vermont State Police.
The New Hampshire Executive Council last week approved a request from the state Department of Safety to spend about $720,000 to provide grants to nearly 30 police agencies seeking to use the new technology.
On top of the $5 million parking ticket debacle, the Seattle Police Department is not investigating new sexual assault cases due to understaffing after more than 400 officers left the force. The city saw a 95% increase in shots fired and a 171% increase in people being shot from 2021 to 2022.
Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad has warned of an uptick in the most serious types of crimes that police deal with, yet the force is struggling to keep up with the activity, with just 23 officers available to patrol the city.
“Priority 1” crimes like arson, assault, overdoses and robbery rose 14.2% in Burlington in 2021, the first full year of the ‘Defund the Police” staff reductions measures, according to a May 20, 2022 report by city analyst Jonathan Larson.
After a mass shooting Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two teachers, Gov. Phil Scott is calling for new federal gun control measures, and Vermont’s education secretary is reminding communities about important resources that may prevent future tragedies.
Student researchers Andrew Langdon and Maggie Adams have compiled data on 101 Vermont towns and the money each spends on its library and police department. The results: Sixty-one towns spend more on police, while 40 put more money toward libraries, according to a press release from the center.
Governor Phil Scott today announced that Commissioner Michael Schirling will be leaving his role leading the Vermont Department of Public Safety (DPS) next month.
This past weekend Burlington experienced more gun-related incidents than the city would typically expect in a year. The incidents come as city councilors and the mayor continue to battle over how many police officers are needed on the force to protect local residents.
S.254, an act relating to recovering damages for Article II violations by law enforcement and a report on qualified immunity, passed in the State House of Representatives on April 15, 2022, by a vote of 95-40.
According to the FBI’s crime data from 2011 to 2020 (the most recent data available), African Americans bear an increasingly large share of the harm from crime. African American offenders, meanwhile, are committing an increasingly large share of violent crimes.
Windham County Sheriff Mark Anderson said Wednesday that if police are stripped of current legal protections against civil rights lawsuits, he will stop providing law enforcement services for 14 towns in his county.