A bill discussed in House Judiciary yesterday would give police and judges the right to take away the guns of people accused of domestic abuse. Problems of constitutionality and enforcement were raised.

Despite just a handful of arrests every year for prostitution – and even fewer convictions – some lawmakers want to make the Oldest Profession a non-criminal livelihood. “Vermont is not a place where it’s not happening,” the bill’s chief sponsor argues.

As our legislature works on reducing prison populations and the number of activities to be considered criminal, Burlington Police are asking for help with the real-life problem of people who just keep committing the same crimes over and over again.

Former BPD deputy chief Jennifer Morrison was sworn in as the new chief. She promised to ‘steady the ship’ after weeks of upheaval over senior leadership’s misuse of social media accounts.

Body cam footage of a controversial Burlington Police Department bust has once again been released to the general public.

Queen City Cop leadership doesn’t like the internal investigation over the use of social media. Rank and file is all for it. And by the way – morale is pretty bad right now at the Burlington Police Department.

A former Burlington police officer and Colchester police chief has been named chief at Burlington PD. Mayor Miro Weinberger and other city leaders hope the appointment of Jen Morrison will put an end to the embarrassing Keystroke Kops era at BPD.

In Chester, the radar-activated speeding signs don’t just tell you how fast you are driving – they also make Santa-like value judgements. Yeah, but how fast is that sleigh traveling, Nick?

Just a few hours after police chief Brandon Del Pozo resigned for harassing a critic with a fake Twitter account, interim chief Jan “Lori Spicer” Wright admitted she’d done the same thing. So Deputy Chief Jon Murad has been named the third police chief in 24 hours – but only after pinky-promising that he’s never used a fake Twitter account. The guy wearing the ‘Paid Administrative Leave’ photo in the latest photo on ‘Lori Spicer’s” FB page looks a little like Mayor Miro Weinberger, but it’s not him.

Police Chief Brandon del Pozo is planning to resign following the revelation that he created an anonymous Twitter account to belittle a local activist.