VTDigger Minute is a weekly news digest from Vermont PBS. Tune in every Wednesday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at 6:30 a.m. to hear about the week’s top stories.
This week on the Minute:
Congolese asylum seeker arrested on Vermont’s border fears deportation
A 9/11-era agreement between the U.S. and Canada determines the outcome of many asylum cases at the northern border. This month VTDigger spoke to a Congolese asylum seeker who was turned away at the Derby Line border crossing and detained. He now faces deportation proceedings, but hopes he can stay in the U.S.
Lawmakers balk at state police plan to shift body camera funds to guns
The Vermont State Police want to spend more than $560,000 allocated for body cameras on AR-15 rifles and other weapons. They say a confrontation in Arlington this month highlighted their need for more firepower, but lawmakers are balking at shifting those funds.
State may cut money for sheriff ‘supervision’ of psychiatric patients
Vermont mental health officials say the state should cut funding for the use of law enforcement to supervise psychiatric patients in hospitals. The use of police and sheriffs in emergency rooms has led to a rash of regulatory issues. But hospital advocates say that change could exacerbate problems for emergency room staff.
