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20 V.S.A. § 1971
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 114 - New England State Police Compact|§ 1971. Administrator

§ 1971. Administrator|The commissioner of public safety shall be the "administrative head of the state police department" for the purposes of the New England state police compact set forth in subchapter 1 of this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 288 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 15, 1968.)
20 V.S.A. § 1972
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 114 - New England State Police Compact|§ 1972. Alternate representative

§ 1972. Alternate representative|The commissioner of public safety may designate an alternate to serve in his place and stead on the New England state police administrators' conference as permitted by article III(b) and (c) of the New England state police compact; however, it is the intention of the general assembly that the commissioner shall attend and participate in the work of the conference in person to the maximum extent practicable. (Added 1967, No. 288 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 15, 1968.)
20 V.S.A. § 2051
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2051. Creation of Center

§ 2051. Creation of Center|There shall be within the Department of Public Safety a center to be known as the Vermont Crime Information Center. It shall be the official State repository for all criminal records, records of the commission of crimes, arrests, convictions, photographs, descriptions, fingerprints, and such other information as the Commissioner deems pertinent to criminal activity. (Added 1969, No. 290 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; amended 2013, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
20 V.S.A. § 2052
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2052. Director

§ 2052. Director|The commissioner of public safety shall appoint a qualified person as director of the center. (Added 1969, No. 290 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
20 V.S.A. § 2053
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2053. Cooperation with other agencies

§ 2053. Cooperation with other agencies|(a) The Center shall cooperate with other State departments and agencies, municipal police departments, sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers in this State and with federal and international law enforcement agencies to develop and carry on a uniform and complete State, interstate, national, and international system of records of commission of crimes and information.(b)(1) All State departments and agencies, municipal police departments, sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers shall cooperate with and assist the Center in the establishment of a complete and uniform system of records relating to the commission of crimes, arrests, convictions, imprisonment, probation, parole, fingerprints, photographs, stolen property, and other matters relating to the identification and records of persons who have or who are alleged to have committed a crime, or who are missing persons, or who are fugitives from justice.  (2) In order to meet the requirements of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the Center, in consultation with the Vermont Crime Research Group, statewide racial justice groups, and statewide groups representing individuals with lived experience of a mental health condition or psychiatric disability, shall establish and provide training on a uniform list of definitions to be used in entering data into a law enforcement agency's system of records, and every law enforcement officer shall use those definitions when entering data into his or her agency's system. (Added 1969, No. 290 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; amended 2019, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.)
20 V.S.A. § 2054
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2054. Uniform reports

§ 2054. Uniform reports|(a) The Center shall provide State departments and agencies, municipal police departments, sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers with uniform forms for the reporting of the commission of crimes, arrests, convictions, imprisonment, probation, parole, fingerprints, missing persons, fugitives from justice, stolen property, and such other matters as the Commissioner deems relevant. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall adopt rules relating to the use, completion, and filing of the uniform forms and to the operation of the Center.(b) A department, agency, or law enforcement officer who fails to comply with the rules adopted by the Commissioner with respect to the use, completion, or filing of the uniform forms, after notice of failure to comply, shall be fined not more than $100.00. Each such failure shall constitute a separate offense. (Added 1969, No. 290 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; amended 2021, No. 20, § 159.)
20 V.S.A. § 2055
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2055. Files

§ 2055. Files|(a) The director of the Vermont crime information center shall maintain and disseminate such files as are necessary relating to the commission of crimes, arrests, convictions, disposition of criminal causes, probation, parole, fugitives from justice, missing persons, fingerprints, photographs, stolen property and such matters as the commissioner deems relevant.(b) The director shall maintain criminal records pursuant to this chapter regardless of whether the record is fingerprint supported. Any "no print, no record" rule or policy of the center shall be void. (Added 1969, No. 290 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; amended 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 86a.)
20 V.S.A. § 2056
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2056. Certified records

§ 2056. Certified records|Upon the request of a superior judge, the attorney general, or a state's attorney, the center shall prepare the record of arrests, convictions, or sentences of a person. The record, when duly certified by the commissioner of public safety or the director of the center, shall be competent evidence in the courts of this state. Such other information as is contained in the center may be made public only with the express approval of the commissioner of public safety. (Added 1969, No. 290 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 159.)
20 V.S.A. § 2056a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2056a. Dissemination of criminal history records to criminal justice agencies

§ 2056a. Dissemination of criminal history records to criminal justice agencies|(a) As used in this section:  (1) "Criminal history record" means all information documenting an individual's contact with the criminal justice system, including data regarding identification, arrest or citation, arraignment, judicial disposition, custody, and supervision. (2) "Criminal justice agencies" means all Vermont courts and other governmental agencies or subunits of governmental agencies that allocate at least 50 percent of the agency's annual appropriation to criminal justice purposes. (3) "Criminal justice purposes" means the investigation, apprehension, detention, adjudication, or correction of persons suspected, charged, or convicted of criminal offenses. Criminal justice purposes shall also include criminal identification activities; the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history records; and screening for criminal justice employment. (4) "The Center" means the Vermont Crime Information Center.   (b) A criminal justice agency may request a person's criminal history record from the center for criminal justice purposes or other purposes authorized by State or federal law. Upon the request of a criminal justice agency, the Center shall prepare and release a person's Vermont criminal history record, provided that the criminal justice agency has filed a user's agreement with the Center. The user's agreement shall require the criminal justice agency to comply with all federal and State laws, rules, regulations, and policies regulating the release of criminal history records and the protection of individual privacy. The user's agreement shall be signed and kept current by the agency.(c) A criminal justice agency may obtain criminal history records from other states and the Federal Bureau of Investigation through the Center, provided that the criminal justice agency has filed a user's agreement with the Center. Release of interstate and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records to criminal justice agencies is subject to the rules and regulations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center.(d) A criminal history record obtained from the Center shall be admissible evidence in the courts of this State.(e) No person shall confirm the existence or nonexistence of criminal history record information to any person who would not be eligible to receive the information pursuant to this subchapter.(f) A person who violates the provisions of this section with respect to unauthorized disclosure of confidential criminal history record information obtained from the Center under the authority of this section shall be fined not more than $5,000.00. Each unauthorized disclosure shall constitute a separate civil violation. (Added 1999, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2021, No. 20, § 160.)
20 V.S.A. § 2056b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2056b. Dissemination of criminal history records to persons conducting research

§ 2056b. Dissemination of criminal history records to persons conducting research|(a) The Vermont Crime Information Center may provide Vermont criminal history records as defined in section 2056a of this title to bona fide persons conducting research related to the administration of criminal justice, subject to conditions approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety to ensure the confidentiality of the information and the privacy of individuals to whom the information relates. Bulk criminal history data requested by descriptors other than the name and date of birth of the subject may only be provided in a format that excludes the subject's name and any unique numbers that may reference the identity of the subject, except that court docket numbers and the State identification number may be provided. Researchers shall sign a user agreement that specifies data security requirements and restrictions on use of identifying information.(b) No person shall confirm the existence or nonexistence of criminal history record information to any person other than the subject and properly designated employees of an organization who have a documented need to know the contents of the record.(c) A person who violates the provisions of this section with respect to unauthorized disclosure of confidential criminal history record information obtained from the Center under the authority of this section shall be fined not more than $5,000.00. Each unauthorized disclosure shall constitute a separate civil violation. (Added 1999, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 2005, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2007, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2011, No. 31, § 5, eff. May 17, 2011; 2013, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2021, No. 20, § 161.)
20 V.S.A. § 2056d
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2056d. Criminal history records and other identification records

§ 2056d. Criminal history records and other identification records|(a) Statewide criminal history records shall be released only by the Vermont Crime Information Center.(b) Information other than criminal history records, such as State identification numbers, shall be released only with the express approval of the Commissioner of Public Safety or in compliance with the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (Added 1999, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 2005, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2013, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
20 V.S.A. § 2056f
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2056f. Dissemination of criminal history records and criminal convictions records to an individual

§ 2056f. Dissemination of criminal history records and criminal convictions records to an individual|A person may obtain a copy of his or her own criminal history record as defined in section 2056a of this title or criminal conviction record as defined in section 2056c of this title or a statement that no record exists from the Vermont Crime Information Center. Copies of a person's criminal history record and criminal conviction record may be obtained by making a personal appearance at the Center during regular business hours or by written request. Written requests shall be on a form specified by the Center and shall contain the person's name, date of birth, place of birth, and signature as attested to by a notary public. A raised seal must be affixed to the form. (Added 2005, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2013, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
20 V.S.A. § 2057
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2057. Information

§ 2057. Information|From time to time but at least annually, the center shall publish information relating to criminal activity, arrests, convictions and such other information as the commissioner deems relevant. (Added 1969, No. 290 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
20 V.S.A. § 2059
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2059. Relationship to departments of corrections and motor vehicles

§ 2059. Relationship to departments of corrections and motor vehicles|This chapter shall not apply to traffic offenses or any provisions of Title 23, 3 V.S.A. § 3116a, or those sections of Title 32 which are administered by the commissioner of motor vehicles. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter the department of corrections shall be only required to furnish statistical, identification and status data, and the provisions shall not extend to material related to case supervision or material of a confidential nature such as presentence investigation, medical reports or psychiatric reports. (Added 1973, No. 205 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1979, No. 46, § 5, eff. April 26, 1979.)
20 V.S.A. § 2060
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2060. Release of records

§ 2060. Release of records|The center is authorized to release records or information requested under 33 V.S.A. § 309 or 6914, 26 V.S.A. § 1353, 24 V.S.A. § 4010, or chapter 5, subchapter 4 of Title 16. (Added 1991, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 100, § 10; 1995, No. 51, § 4; 1997, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2011, No. 61, § 6, eff. June 2, 2011.)
20 V.S.A. § 2062
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2062. Fingerprinting fees

§ 2062. Fingerprinting fees|State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies may charge a fee of not more than $25.00 for providing persons with a set of classifiable fingerprints. No fee shall be charged to retake fingerprints determined by the Vermont Crime Information Center not to be classifiable. Fees collected by the State of Vermont under this section shall be credited to the Fingerprint Fee Special Fund established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5, and shall be available to the Department of Public Safety to offset the costs of providing these services. (Added 1999, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 9b; 2013, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
20 V.S.A. § 2065
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 117 - Vermont Crime Information Center|§ 2065. Ratification of the national crime prevention and privacy compact

§ 2065. Ratification of the national crime prevention and privacy compact|(a) The Vermont general assembly hereby approves and ratifies the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 42 U.S.C. sections 14611-14616. The compact shall remain in effect until legislation is enacted renouncing or rescinding the compact.(b) The commissioner of the department of public safety shall execute, administer, and implement the compact on behalf of the state, and may adopt rules as necessary for the national exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes.(c) Criminal history records as defined in subdivision 2056a(a)(1) of this title shall be made available to lawfully entitled requestors in other states according to the provisions of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.(d) Nothing in this section shall alter the duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of the department of public safety regarding the dissemination of criminal history records within the state of Vermont pursuant to statute. (Added 2009, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 2221
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 141 - Peace Officers|§ 2221. Employment

§ 2221. Employment|At the expense of the state, the governor may employ sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables for the preservation of the public peace when in his judgment the public good requires it. The commissioner of finance and management shall issue his warrant in payment of such expense upon the approval of the governor. (Added 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(b); 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)
20 V.S.A. § 2222
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 141 - Peace Officers|§ 2222. Federal law enforcement officers; power of arrest for Vermont crimes

§ 2222. Federal law enforcement officers; power of arrest for Vermont crimes|(a) For purposes of this section, "a certified federal law enforcement officer" means a federal law enforcement officer who:  (1) is employed as a law enforcement officer of the federal government as:  (A) a special agent, border patrol agent or immigration inspector of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice; or (B) an officer or inspector of the U.S. Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury; and  (2) has satisfactorily completed a course of study in Vermont laws and criminal procedures approved by the Vermont Criminal Justice Council, at the expense of the officer's agency; (3) has been certified by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; and (4) has taken an oath administered by the Commissioner of Public Safety or by the Commissioner's designee to uphold the Constitution of the State of Vermont.   (b) The Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Council shall certify a federal law enforcement officer who applies for certification if the officer satisfies the employment and study requirements listed in subsection (a) of this section. A certification under this subsection shall automatically terminate immediately upon the officer's suspension or termination of employment from the federal agency in which he or she was employed at the time the certification occurred.(c) A certified federal law enforcement officer is authorized to make an arrest pursuant to Rule 3 of the Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure for violation of Vermont laws anywhere within the State if the officer determines that it is necessary to do any of the following:  (1) Protect an individual in the presence of the officer from the imminent infliction of serious bodily injury. (2) Provide immediate assistance to an individual who has suffered or is threatened with serious bodily injury. (3) Prevent the escape of any individual whom the officer reasonably believes has committed a crime in the presence of the officer. (4) Prevent the escape of any individual whom the officer reasonably believes has committed a felony under Vermont law.   (d) A certified federal law enforcement officer who makes an arrest under this section shall report the arrest, without delay, to the nearest Vermont State Police barracks.(e) A certified federal law enforcement officer who makes an arrest under the authority of this section shall have the same immunity from liability that a State or municipal law enforcement officer has under the laws of this State.(f) This section is not intended to limit existing authority of federal officers under federal law or to interfere with the performance of federal duties by federal officers. (Added 1999, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
20 V.S.A. § 2271
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 143 - Investigators|§ 2271. Employment; powers

§ 2271. Employment; powers|When in his or her judgment the public good requires it, the attorney general may apply to the governor for leave to employ detective service, at the expense of the state, in the detection and apprehension of a criminal, in the investigation of any criminal offense and in the collection of evidence to secure the conviction of a person accused of crime. A person or persons, residents of this state, so employed may be designated state investigator and, while thus engaged and acting under the orders of the attorney general, shall have and may exercise the powers now granted by law to sheriffs in the enforcement of the criminal law, upon giving a bond to the state in such penal sum as the governor shall require, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties, and upon taking the oath prescribed for sheriffs before any person authorized to administer oaths and upon same being certified to the governor.
20 V.S.A. § 2272
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 143 - Investigators|§ 2272. Authorization

§ 2272. Authorization|The governor may grant such application and shall fix the maximum amount of expense authorized in the particular case.
20 V.S.A. § 2273
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 143 - Investigators|§ 2273. Statement and warrant for expenses

§ 2273. Statement and warrant for expenses|The attorney general shall present to the governor for approval an itemized statement of his or her expenses incurred in the employment of detective service under sections 2271 and 2272 of this title. On approval of the governor, the commissioner of finance and management shall issue his or her warrant in favor of the attorney general for such amounts. (Added 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(b); 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)
20 V.S.A. § 2301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 145 - Disposition and Fee for Storage of Unlawful Firearms|§ 2301. Applicability of chapter

§ 2301. Applicability of chapter|Notwithstanding any other provisions of law relating to the retention and disposition of evidence or lost, unclaimed, or abandoned property, the provisions of this chapter shall govern the retention or disposition, or both, of unlawful firearms in the possession of any agency and the disposition of abandoned firearms in the possession of the Department of Public Safety. (Added 1983, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2017, No. 94 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 11, 2018.)