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Windham County Sheriff Services Contract Advisory Committee Minutes 6.11.24

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Windham County Sheriff Services Contract Advisory Committee Meeting

Tuesday, June 11, 6:30 pm, 236 School Road, Guilford, VT

DRAFT Minutes

PRESENT In PERSON: Chip Carter, Gordon Little, Jared Bristol, Jamisen Ogg, Marty Ramsburg, Bill Pettingill, Kraig LaPorte, Erika Elder Mark Anderson

PRESENT via zoom: Tara Cheney

  1. Call to Order
  2. Recognition of Public 
  3. Rules of Procedure (take this out for next)
  4. Approval of Minutes
    1. Approval of the minutes of the  5.28.24 meeting

No motions.

  1. New business
    1. Sheriff Mark Anderson 

Contract can always be revised. Four Hour minimum for on-call. VSP collaboration. Sheriff is supplemental

Do any deputies live near Guilford? 35 Staff, 16 providing services. Policing is ¼ what we do. No dedicated Mental Health liaison currently. Bratt has 2, VSP has 1. Mark says they have a relationship with them. Model for on-call? Mark: It’s possible but we’d be building that car as we drive it. Compensation…On call hours would be billed, how? 

Bill: Quickest responder will be FD and Rescue. Deputies can make the call. 

Mark: can schedule based on call volume. If the revenue exists, they can do it. Chip: How specific can we get with the time a deputy is here? Mark says fairly specific.

Currently if I call 9-1-1, VSP responds. Would you come if you were on call? Talk about regional policing. 

Shows STARS report for Jamaica. Jamaica & Londonderry share 40-hour deputy. 

Kraig: would like to see more information include on the STARS report. Kraig – once the contract starts, residents can request adjustments. Jamisen: Liability insurance? Mark: WCSO carries all necessary  insurance. 

Jared: Interstate – Generally they don’t but if Jared called they would

  1. Old Business

Kraig: Spoke with Lt. French. State Police has an HCRS liaison assigned to the office. Majority of mental health calls go   to the liaison. If a crime is being committed, a trooper is called. This liaison often knows the person or family so can facilitate response. French  says GVFD and EMS get a mental health call, they should call VSP to activate liaison. Jared is currently doing that. Stage at station. Solve the communication problem, solve 95% of the problems between forces. 

Use of force policy – CJTC Appendix D of training manual speaks about escalation and de-escalation in mental health calls.
Chip – add question to survey  – are you happy with current situation?

Kraig wants to recommend more detailed reporting. 

Chip: Wants to make sure we don’t run out of money too quick. Include provision for cap? Discussion about possible hours. 

Insist on a marked car for visibility. Tara: Public education  on role of FD, WCS.

Jared will get GVFD call data from Bevin. Gordon will work on getting call data from HCRS.

Jamisen: SB should re-run the survey after 6 months

Discussion: VSP response, State representative should work on.

  1. Other business
  2. Adjournment at 8:35

Meeting Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIRhdMXIPGM