All Eyes Are on a Consultant Reviewing Burlington's Police Department
Rob Donnelly Last June, hundreds of people called in to public meetings to demand that the City of Burlington reduce its reliance on police officers and instead invest in other public safety measures. City councilors listened, voting 9-3 to reduce the police force by 30 percent, through attrition. They also ordered up a study to answer a vital question: If police were no longer responding to certain calls, who would? Nine months later, that study is just getting under way. A joint committee of city coun...
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