As the Burlington Police Department mulls cutting its night shift, leaving residents to seek out state police during late hours, the head of the Vermont Police Coalition says City Council was too hasty in its decision to cut police personnel earlier in the year.
“It’s a knee-jerk reaction,” Vermont Police Coalition director Mike Hall, a retired police chief from Manchester, told True North.
“You know what I find interesting is now they are saying that they wish they had better communications with the police department, you know, back when they were making this decision. I think that just speaks to the fact that this was a decision made more based upon their personal preference and ideas rather than operational concerns,” he said.