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BRIDGING THE STATES
By Lou Varricchio
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Scuba teams scour Champlain FERRISBURGH — Members of the Vermont State Police Scuba T eam continued their sear ch operations M onday, J uly 25 for Rene Viau, who fell overboard on Satur day, July 23 during a boating incident on Lake Champlain between Kellogg and Porter Bays, near Ferrisburgh. Preliminary investigations by detectives with the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations indicate that wakes caused by two passing boats may have caused the 16-foot aluminum boat to pitch, sending Viau overboard. Viau, at the time of the incident, was seated at the bow and was not wearing a personal floatation device. V iau did not r esurface. The other occupant r emained in the boat and was uninjured. Wind and waves initially made search operations difficult for the Vermont S tate P olice S cuba Team members, who continued their ef forts July 24. The search by state police divers for V iau continued along with assistance fr om V ermont Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Coast Guar d. The Vermont State Police plan to continue the sear ch, weather permitting. No other information was available at pr ess time.
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Crews continue their work on the new Lake Champlain bridge from Addison, Vt. to Crown Point, N.Y. The connecting archway is currently being built in Port Henry, just north of Crown Point. The bridge is expected to be complete in October. This is how it looked on Friday, July 22. Photo by Nancy Frasier
MIDDLEBURY — Vermont firefighters were in Middlebury July 22-24 for the 122 annual Vermont State Firefighter Association Convention. The big event was hosted by the Addison County Firefighters Association in Middlebury. Convention meetings, safety and fir efighting briefings, as well as public demonstrations, wer e held at the Middlebury College Sports Complex at 219 South St. Members of every fir e department in Addison County wer e in attendance at the Middlebury convention. A special highlight of last weekend’s event was the attendance ofAddison Volunteer Fir e Department fir efighters; the men and women were in the spotlight as their t own’s f ire d epartment w as c elebrating its 50th anniversary year. Most events wer e open to the public and included a fir eworks display, fir efighting games, and displays of fir e apparatuses. Opening ceremonies and a parade began Friday at the Middlebury College Sports Complex and on Sunday fire t rucks f rom a round t he s tate w ere washed and polished for the public to inspect.
Iraqi cops train in Vermont By Lou Varricchio
officers with an opportunity to acquir e enhanced pr ofessional skills on the bur geoning democracy’s civil front. “During their visit to V ermont, Iraqi of ficers MIDDLEBURY — E fficient a nd e ffective p olice forces are only as good as their highest rank- trained in leadership and crime scene pr ocessing, met with liaisons fr om U.S. Customs and ing officers. And in newly democratic Iraq, police officials are learning the ins and outs of civil Border Protection, worked with members of the Vermont Fusion Center , and visited with mempolice training. bers of the United States Coast Guar d,” accordFrom July 1 1 thr ough July 15, V ermont State ing to Vermont State Police Public Information Police of ficials worked closely with key memOfficer Stephanie Dasaro. bers of the Iraqi federal police for ce in a series Dasaro said that last week’s Vermont training of classroom and field training activities in Verexercises had its origins less than a year ago, in mont. September 2010. The VSP and Iraqi law enfor cement of ficials At that time, the U.S. Department of State — also worked closely with IACP, the International Association of Chiefs of Police Education pr o- through the Bur eau of International Nar cotics gram, to make this local educational effort a re- and Law Enfor cement—awarded IACP with a three-year Police Education grant. Some of that ality. grant money found its way to the Vermont State The over-arching program, established in the Police with its unique set of training skills. aftermath of the Iraq War, provides Iraqi police See IRAQI POLICE, page 5
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Iraqi Senior Law Enforcement Staff during law enforcement education program in Iraq. Training in both Iraq and the U.S., top police officers learn about human resources management, morale building, decision making, logistics and use of force. Iraqi officers were in Vermont last week for similar training with the Vermont State Police. Photo by SerMae Lampkin
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