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How 'America's safest state' became a gun violence hotspot: Vermont's murder-rate DOUBLES in two years as fentanyl deaths spiral out of control
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Interesting that police staffing is a problem in such a blue state following the Defund The Police fad.
  • Vermont State Police say for the second straight year, murders topped 20 - nearly double what it was in 2021

  • The deadly crime wave comes as the state is battling soaring fentanyl overdoses, with 243 opioid deaths in 2022, a 50 percent increase on 2020

  • There are 51 positions (15%) in the roughly 330-strong force unfilled, cops said - with about 25 percent on some sort of family, military or other leave

Posted by: Skidmark 2024-02-04
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=690490