The Commissioner of Public Safety and the State Police shall be peace officers and
shall have the same powers with respect to criminal matters and the enforcement of
the law relating to criminal matters as sheriffs, constables, and local police have
in their respective jurisdictions, and shall have all the immunities and matters of
defense now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs, constables, and local
police in a suit brought against them in consequence of acts done in the course of
their employment. State Police shall be informing or complaining officers with the
same powers possessed by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, or police officers
of a city or incorporated village as provided in 13 V.S.A. § 5507. (Amended 1959, No. 39; 2021, No. 20, § 158.)
State v. Sprague, 2003 VT 20 (Vt. 2003). · cites it 2ד465, 468 (1937) (emphasis added); see also 20 V.S.A. § 1914 (state police have law enforcement power of sheriff).”
State v. LeBlanc, 540 A.2d 1037 (Vt. 1987). · cites it 2דFurther reason to question the legislature's intent to change the common law rule can be found in its failure to amend 20 V.S.A. § 1914, which defines the authority of state police officers and provides in pertinent part as follows: The commissioner of public safety and the…”
Frank v. United States, 860 F. Supp. 1030 (D. Vt. 1994). · cites it 2דAlthough the Vermont State Police are given powers equivalent to those of sheriffs by 20 V.S.A. § 1914, Sheriff Frank takes the position that the intent of Brady was that local law enforcement, not the state police, were intended to perform the Brady background cheeks and…”
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