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SHAFTSBURY â A longtime State Police trooper assigned to southwestern Vermont is on paid leave while the department investigates a report of possible excessive force on a combative intoxicated driver that was in handcuffs last month, authorities and records indicate.
Trooper Robert Zink, who has spent most of his 13-year career assigned to Bennington or Rutland counties, was placed on paid leave Feb. 24, state police said. The paid leave came one day after Zink was part of an investigation into a Shaftsbury crash involving a hostile driver who battled with three troopers, records show.
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BENNINGTON â Vermont Veterans Home trustees heard during a meeting Friday that there are some signs a recent surge in positive COVID-19 tests is abating.
CEO Melissa Jackson and home medical director Dr. Peter King told the board that of 246 PCR tests for the disease taken Thursday, there were no positive results.
That contrasts with recent regular testing at the facility over the past three weeks, which found four home residents testing positive since Friday and at least six positive results among staff members since Feb. 27.
The four residents have been moved to an isolation and respiratory care section set up within the home, which has its own dedicated staff and personal protective equipment and other standards. Another hopeful sign, the officials said, is that the four residents now affected â ranging in age from their 80s to 100 years old â remain asymptomatic. All also have received both COVID-19 vaccinat
Veterans Home gets some positive news in COVID testing
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