BRATTLEBORO—I find several reasons to take issue with Kurt Daims’s piece. I question both its premises and its conclusions.Specifically, the idea that one should adopt a 224-page report and its 41 recommendations without examining the details included within, how the information was gathered, and each recommendation individually is clearly incorrect. .
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BRATTLEBORO â The Community Safety Review Committee is starting to see the shape of recommendations being developed by facilitators to make the town feel more safe.
âWeâre at a critical point in our process,â Emily Megas-Russell, one of the two facilitators hired by the town for the project that will result in a report due at the end of the month, said at the committee meeting held remotely Monday.
Responses from Town Manager Peter Elwell on questions posed at the last meeting were read to the committee on Monday. He said neither the Brattleboro Police Department nor the rest of town government plays any role in the school resource officer position â it is staffed by the Windham County Sheriffâs Office and overseen by the Windham Southeast School District, with no funding from the municipal budget.
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BRATTLEBORO â Facilitators hired by the town for the Community Safety Review process are preparing to bring forward their findings before making their recommendations.
On Monday, the Community Safety Review Committee spent some time looking at Brattleboroâs fiscal year 2022 general fund budget proposed by town staff and currently being reviewed by the Select Board at meetings. The spending plan will be considered for approval at annual Representative Town Meeting in March.
âThis is just an orientation,â Shea Witzberger, one of the two facilitators, said at the committee meeting held remotely Monday. âNext week weâre going to share a whole lot more with you about the substance of what we learned by listening and combing through statistics and data.â