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Northfield (Vt.) Police Chief John Helfant, whose policing background and anti-transgender comments have drawn frequent condemnation, plans to retire in May, according to town officials.Helfant’s resignation became public in a press release posted to...
John Helfant has publicly sparred with his local school district over its policies concerning transgender students’ rights. His police work was repeatedly called into question by a former state’s attorney.
“The allegations against me are false and I have no intention of resigning,” Police Chief John Helfant said in an email to VTDigger.
The town has asked the countyâs top law enforcement officer to reverse course. Last year, Stateâs Attorney Rory Thibault asked the Vermont attorney generalâs office to look into two drug cases where it appeared Chief John Helfant, who was an officer in Berlin at the time, had not been given consent to search people he arrested though he said in court affidavits he had been given consent. The first case involved a Massachusetts man who was sentenced to time served on felony drug charges. Thibault said his office was made aware of a âmaterial discrepancyâ between what H...