Valley News - Norwich police say lack of new contract hampers hiring vnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NORWICH The Selectboard had a long list on its agenda this week, figuratively and literally.On Wednesday the Norwich Selectboard held a nearly four-hour business meeting to tackle a number of pressing issues, from the search for a new town manager.
NORWICH The Selectboard voted this week to hire an interim town manager to run Tracy Hall until Norwich finds a permanent replacement for Herb Durfee, who left last month after his contract was not renewed.However, officials aren’t saying who they.
Jim Kenyon: Norwich turning a blind eye to lack of police body cameras
Jim Kenyon. Copyright (c) Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Modified: 4/3/2021 9:33:51 PM
In its infinite wisdom, the Norwich Selectboard has decided for the time being against equipping the town’s police officers with body cameras.
Talk about a lack of vision.
Body cameras are an important tool in the national drive to make law enforcement more accountable and transparent.
Communities and states that fail to equip their police officers with body cameras are “really not being responsible,” said George Ostler, a criminal defense lawyer for nearly 40 years whose office is in Norwich.