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Lawmakers look to put more teeth in bias-free policing requirements
Amid pressure from community groups representing migrant workers, House lawmakers this week moved forward with a bill aimed at rooting out police bias. The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday briefly...
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Lawmakers share personal stories in debate over bias-free policing
Vermont lawmakers passed a bill Thursday mandating that all law enforcement officers collect data about the race of people they pull over. It was, in part, a political statement that they will not...
View ArticleHouse approves bill to curb racial profiling by police
The House on Friday concurred with a final version of a bill that requires police to collect race data about drivers during roadside stops. Rep. Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg, presented the final version,...
View ArticleRacial profiling case settled for $15,000 by Orange County Sheriff’s Department
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department last year paid a Danville man $15,000 after he accused officers of unfairly targeting him based on his skin color, according to a lawsuit filed in court. A...
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Lawmakers look to put more teeth in bias-free policing requirements
Amid pressure from community groups representing migrant workers, House lawmakers this week moved forward with a bill aimed at rooting out police bias. The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday briefly...
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Lawmakers share personal stories in debate over bias-free policing
Vermont lawmakers passed a bill Thursday mandating that all law enforcement officers collect data about the race of people they pull over. It was, in part, a political statement that they will not...
View ArticleHouse approves bill to curb racial profiling by police
The House on Friday concurred with a final version of a bill that requires police to collect race data about drivers during roadside stops. Rep. Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg, presented the final version,...
View ArticleRacial profiling case settled for $15,000 by Orange County Sheriff’s Department
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department last year paid a Danville man $15,000 after he accused officers of unfairly targeting him based on his skin color, according to a lawsuit filed in court. A...
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Traffic stop data still shows racial disparity, but gap is closing
Vermont State Police command staff from across the state attend a report presentation in 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger SOUTH ROYALTON – The latest figures are in from Vermont State Police...
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Lawmakers look to put more teeth in bias-free policing requirements
Amid pressure from community groups representing migrant workers, House lawmakers this week moved forward with a bill aimed at rooting out police bias. The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday briefly...
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Lawmakers share personal stories in debate over bias-free policing
Vermont lawmakers passed a bill Thursday mandating that all law enforcement officers collect data about the race of people they pull over. It was, in part, a political statement that they will not...
View ArticleHouse approves bill to curb racial profiling by police
The House on Friday concurred with a final version of a bill that requires police to collect race data about drivers during roadside stops. Rep. Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg, presented the final version,...
View ArticleRacial profiling case settled for $15,000 by Orange County Sheriff’s Department
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department last year paid a Danville man $15,000 after he accused officers of unfairly targeting him based on his skin color, according to a lawsuit filed in court. A...
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State police traffic stop data shows racial disparities remain
The latest state police data shows that racial disparities remain in the proportion of drivers who were pulled over. VTDigger file photo Vermont State Police traffic stop data for last year shows that...
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UVM researchers show little progress in traffic stop disparities
A new study looks at racial disparities in traffic stops and searches by several of the largest police agencies in Vermont, including the Vermont State Police. State police photo New traffic stop...
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Brattleboro police diversity training budget sparks debate
Black Lives Matter protesters march past a Brattleboro police cruiser. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — Townspeople are divided about whether and how to spend more money to address their...
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Traffic stop report shows lack of progress on racial disparities
A new study looks at racial disparities in traffic stops and searches by police agencies in Vermont, including the Vermont State Police. State police photo A new traffic stop study from the University...
View ArticleJames Duff Lyall: Police stops are skyrocketing in Vermont
This commentary is by James Duff Lyall, executive director of the ACLU of Vermont. Vermont is overpoliced, and more so every year. That statement may be surprising or even jarring to some, but it is...
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Authorities worry they are failing to catch DUI offenders before disaster...
I-89 as seen from the Williston Road overpass August 6, 2021. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger Jay Riggen is worried about drunken driving, but the traffic safety specialist with the Vermont State...
View ArticleThe pandemic tanked traffic stops in 2020 — but racial disparities remained,...
Updated Jan. 10. Vermont traffic stops dropped 40% in 2020 to their lowest rate in years, led by pandemic-related changes in how police officers did their jobs. But the longstanding gap between Black...
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