Post by Logan on Jun 19, 2016 2:20:26 GMT -6
COLCHESTER. - Starting July 1, Vermont law enforcement agencies are going to be operating under a new bias-free policing policy designed to consolidate existing sets of guidelines into a single policy.
The creation of the Fair and Impartial Policing Policy was mandated by the Legislature.
The policy was established by a number of social justice groups whose members worked with the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council, Vermont Public Radio reported. It was motivated in part by the 2015 detention of a Mexican citizen who was a passenger in a car pulled over for a routine traffic stop.
“What we ended up with is a policy that was a little bit clearer on when officers could and couldn’t make inquiries about immigration status and there is a little bit of clarity offered in regards to when officers can participate in federal programs,” said Council Executive Director Rick Gauthier.
Read more: www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2016/06/19/new-bias-free-policy-vt-police/86097680/
The creation of the Fair and Impartial Policing Policy was mandated by the Legislature.
The policy was established by a number of social justice groups whose members worked with the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council, Vermont Public Radio reported. It was motivated in part by the 2015 detention of a Mexican citizen who was a passenger in a car pulled over for a routine traffic stop.
“What we ended up with is a policy that was a little bit clearer on when officers could and couldn’t make inquiries about immigration status and there is a little bit of clarity offered in regards to when officers can participate in federal programs,” said Council Executive Director Rick Gauthier.
Read more: www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2016/06/19/new-bias-free-policy-vt-police/86097680/