Feb. 18—BRATTLEBORO — After two hours of heated debate Tuesday, the selectboard delayed action on a recommendation that would boost the town's renewable energy usage. The Brattleboro Energy Committee has recommended that the town purchase 37 percent of its electricity for municipal operations from Cow Power — a program operated by the Colchester, Vt.-based Green Mountain Power that generates .
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Brattleboro Common Sense would like to thank Select Board member Tim Wessel for his spirited contribution to the public discourse on police reform. His commentary in Tuesdayâs (Jan. 19) Reformer, âLetâs not derail progress on policing with foolish policy directions,â made clear the depths of his passion for this issue, and we look forward to further discussing our SAFE Policing Proposal with him at Board meetings, whether he would like us to or not.
However, it is also clear from his tone and comments that we have not yet properly communicated to him what the âSensible Alternatives to Fatal Escalationâ plan, as recommended by the Community Safety Review Committee in their final report, entails. At the moment, one could say there are two plans: the one Tim Wessel believes exists, and the one that we have actually put forward. We write this commentary to help clarify the difference between these two p
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BRATTLEBORO â The Select Board voted 3-2 to level fund police training for the fiscal year 2022 budget, as recommended by a recent report about improving community safety, rather than going with a 48 percent increase as proposed by the interim police chief.
Commissioned by the town and released Jan. 1, the 224-page report says needs should be assessed before investing further in training and community members with lived experience should be consulted. At the board meeting held remotely Tuesday, which at one point had 88 participants, interim Police Chief Mark Carignan said he wanted extra funds for training on diversity, equity, inclusion and de-escalation, but also to hire local subject matter experts to advise in making the sessions more effective.