Vermont Edition

Recruiting Female Police Officers

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A special effort is being made to recruit female police officers across the state. We talk with a veteran of the force and learn about a program that’s training more women to join policing. Also the Nametag Project, an effort to break down social barriers and build up community by getting people to introduce themselves.
VPR News

Vt police challenged by increase in illegal drug use

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Outgoing Public Safety Commissioner Kerry Sleeper says the biggest challenge facing Vermont’s law enforcement community is curtailing the growing impact of illegal drugs. Sleeper says additional state and or federal resources are going to be needed to successfully deal with the problem.
Vermont Edition

Changes in Policing and Public Safety

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We talk with Public Safety Commissioner Kerry Sleeper about the changes he’s seen in his 30 year career in policing, public safety and homeland security. Also, news analysis with Vermont reporters and a listen back to voices in the week’s news.
VPR News

Vermont’s top cop to retire

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Vermont’s top cop will call it quits at the end of the year. Public Safety Commissioner Kerry Sleeper says he’ll retire after a 30-year career in law enforcement and state government.
VPR News

VPR Evening News October 3rd, 2007

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The director of the Vermont State Police is calling for a statewide discussion concerning the future mission of the force; Senator Bernie Sanders told federal nuclear regulators that the public lacks confidence in their oversight ability; The public defender who represents defendants in some of Vermont’s most high profile criminal cases is out of a job, and commentator Ron Krupp observes that Vermonters have deep roots when it comes to ‘eating local’.