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Vol. 3 No. 29 • July 27, 2011
BRIDGING THE STATES Foley to leave RRA By Lou Varricchio
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Scuba teams scour Champlain FERRISBURGH — Members of the V ermont State Police Scuba T eam continued their search 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 i nvestigations 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 Vermont Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Coast Guar d. The V ermont State Police plan to continue the sear ch, weather permitting. No other information is available at press time as detectives with the V ermont State Police Bur eau of Criminal Investigation continue to investigate the incident.
THIS WEEK
RUTLAND — When you think of the Rutland Redevelopment Authority, you have to think of Mark Foley Jr. Foley. Foley, who helped craft the RRA into I love Rutland the or ganizaand want it to be tion into what successful. it is today, said he will r esign — Mark Foley Jr. from the board of dir ectors where he serves as chairman. “I love Rutland and want it to be successful,” he told reporters last week. “I have businesses her e, my empl oyees live her e and I want it to be a successful place." Foley announced his departure last week. Foley said he was r elocating to Rutland Town and would no longer be a city resident. Foley helped build the RRAstarting in 2009. He replaced Chuck Wilton as chairman. During his brief tenur e, Foley helped r eshape the RRA and refocus on its future mission.
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Crews continue their work on the new Lake Champlain bridge fr om 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
Iraqi senior law enforcement staff train in Vermont By Lou Varricchio
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MIDDLEBURY — Efficient and effective police for ces ar e only as good as their highest ranking officers. And in newly democratic Iraq, police officials are learning the ins and outs of civil police training. From July 1 1 thr ough July 15, Vermont State Police of ficials worked closely with key members of the Iraqi federal police force in a series of classroom and field training activities in Vermont. The V SP a nd I raqi l aw e nforcement of ficials also worked closely with IACP, the International Association o f C hiefs o f P olice E ducation program, to make this local educational effort a reality. The over -arching pr ogram, established in the aftermath of the Iraq War, provides Iraqi police officers with an opportunity to acquire enhanced professional skills on the burgeoning democracy’s civil front. “During their visit to V ermont, Iraqi officers trained in leadership and crime scene pr ocessing, met
with liaisons fr om U.S. Customs and Border Protection, worked with members of the V ermont Fusion Center, and visited with members of the United States Coast Guard,” according to Vermont State Police Public Information Of ficer Stephanie Dasaro. Dasaro said that last week’s Vermont training exercises had its origins less than a year ago, in September 2010. At that time, the U.S. Department of State —through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement—awarded IACP with a three-year Police Education grant. Some of that grant money found its way to the V ermont State Police with its unique set of training skills. “IACP has developed and implemented a pr ogram inviting select Iraqi of ficers to participate in a wide range of customized training courses pr ovided by U.S. federal, sate and local law enfor cement agencies,” Desar o said. “And through a partnership with IACP , Vermont State Police Col. Thomas L’Esperance volunteer ed the state
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 mak ing, logistics and use of f orce. I raqi officers were in Vermont last week for similar training with the Vermont State Police. Photo by SerMae Lampkin
police for participation in the police-education program.” Desaro also noted that the V ermont-based program is part of the U.S. State Department’s br oader Iraq Police Development Program, which helps sustain internal secu-
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rity operations to support the r ule of law in Iraq. “The V ermont State Police ar e proud to have provided training for the Iraqi police and consider it an honor to have shared in this unique opportunity,” Dasaro said.
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