Today this close association with the public would be considered community policing. Highway Patrol Officers would call their stations for messages about accidents or the status of motor vehicle complaints when signs were posted. This method of communicating required a strong relationship with the public that was being served. Infractions not related to use of a highway or the safe operation of a motor vehicle had to be referred to a county authority.Ĭommunication with Highway Patrol members prior to the use of police radios was accomplished through posting of signs in public places. Members of that department patrolled the state's roadways on motorcycles enforcing motor vehicle law and investigating accidents. On the state level, only the Department of Motor Vehicles Highway Patrol provided centralized, statewide law enforcement services. Opposition to establishing a state police force existed, partly based on the state's low crime statistics, a reluctance to add new state spending, and a suspicion of unelected centralized authority. Each of the state's fourteen counties had an elected sheriff responsible for providing all law enforcement services to towns in the county without their own police departments. Prior to 1947, Vermont law enforcement was county based. The Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Safety is Michael Schirling.
The commander is Colonel Matthew Birmingham.
The Vermont Public Safety Commission directs policy and selects the commander. The force has jurisdiction throughout the entire state. The Vermont State Police (VSP) is the state police agency for the U.S.
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