Mary Devens

Do use-of-force laws make police response optional?

JAMAICA-Listening to Rescue Inc. dispatch recently, I heard a paramedic asking if law enforcement would be on the scene they were currently working.

Dispatch: "Negative, they [Vermont State Police or any law enforcement] are not responding."

The police are not responding to calls because they are in an uproar about Vermont's laws, particularly the "Officer Use of Force Laws."

It's political.

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