Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BELLOWS FALLS â Finding a cop to fill several vacancies in the Bellows Falls Village Police Department has proven to be a major challenge, Municipal Manager Scott Pickup said this week. Pickup, along with Police Chief David Bemis, gave the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees an update on staffing at the department Tuesday evening, and the outlook is pretty pessimistic. According to Pickup, Bellows Falls isnât alone in its recruitment problems. He said while Bellows Falls has relied on âpoachingâ officers from other departments in the past, even those departments are having their own staffing problems.