Public Safety
Vermont promotes travel and safety tips for an easier glimpse of the eclipse
The state is offering electronic updates on traffic and road closures, as well as signs encouraging locals to “Hunker Down, Stay in Town” and visitors to “Clear the Way, Stay Another Day.”
Latest report on Vermont State Police trooper discipline dominated by vehicle pursuit policy violations
The brief summaries released twice a year by the Department of Public Safety and the State Police Advisory Commission do not name the officers involved or provide specific details of incidents.
Charges dropped against owner of dead pig in Northfield neighbor dispute
Donald Smith was accused of trying to fight his neighbor, obstructing the road with several vehicles and lying to a police officer in October 2022 after his pig was killed.
Before she became a murder victim, Vermont woman loved horses
Christina Chatlos, 38, was found shot to death in a car in St. Johnsbury in January. Friends and family fear her death stemmed from a drug deal after she struggled with substance use disorder.
More Public Safety
South Burlington bolsters dispatch center
The city says the improvements will bolster its public safety apparatus as efforts to regionalize remain elusive.
State resolves troopers’ reckless endangerment charges with pretrial diversion
Trooper Zachary Trocki and Sgt. Ryan Wood were accused of causing a man to fall from a roof by firing a beanbag-type projectile at him during a 2022 incident in Newfane.
Crossing the border? Watch out for tracking devices.
Police have received three reports from Vermont residents who discovered such devices on their cars after returning from Montreal.
Vermont Supreme Court suspends law license of Addison County’s top prosecutor
State’s Attorney Eva Vekos, charged with driving under the influence earlier this year, was accused of failing to cooperate with an investigation into a paid leave medical leave she took following her arrest.
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