The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
006
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POLICE OFFICERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 217, § 601)
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§ 601. Police officers
The trustees of said Village shall have power to, and may appoint such number of police
officers within said Village, as said trustees may judge necessary for the interest
of the inhabitants of said Village, by writing under their hands, which shall be recorded
in the office of the Village Clerk; and such appointment may be revoked at any time.
Said trustees may specify their duties as watchmen and patrols, and agree with them
for their compensation, which shall be paid by the said corporation. Each of said
police shall be sworn, and shall have the same powers, within the limits of said Village
as constables, in serving criminal process and in criminal matters, and when on duty
shall wear conspicuously a badge of office, and shall hold their office for one year,
unless sooner discharged as aforesaid.