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odkevin t1_jbyzajz wrote

Kinda hard to call them first with a 30+ minute response time

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TheTowerBard t1_jbzjzrp wrote

I know exactly one person who became a VT State Trooper and I also know exactly one person who assaulted someone while in college for their criminal justice degree so they could become… a VT State Trooper. Interesting that the police didn’t believe his victim and then he became one… 🤔

Interestingly, the only other thing I know about VT state troopers is they steal expensive items from their evidence lockup.

Oooh! I got another one, they’ve completely stopped even attempting to enforce traffic laws. Spent a few hours on 91 just today with all our weekend visitors heading south and didn’t see one single VT cop along the way. It would of been easy pickings out there, too.

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Trajikbpm t1_jbzlail wrote

No thanks next time I'll call acab

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Smacpats111111 t1_jbzvkwz wrote

They were too busy pulling people over for driving 11mph over the speed limit on 91.

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TheTowerBard t1_jbzvrj1 wrote

Replying to rescuespibbles (#2,217,285)

Not even one today. I rarely see them anymore. A few years ago I’d see at least one every trip between 89 and Mass border. Multiple on a Sunday with all the skiers headed home. I’ve made that trek twice a week for a decade now. I’ve noticed similar in CT. The Mass Staties haven’t let up though. They’re still always out, multiple every trip.

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Dead_Squirrel_6 t1_jbzyevz wrote

Where were they when my driver got rear-ended in Well's River? Oh yeah, they told me Well's River wasn't in Vermont.

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TheTowerBard t1_jbzzhvt wrote

Replying to VTPeWPeW247 (#2,217,674)

Important things like showing a presence on a Sunday afternoon when we all know the road south is going to be full of well-off entitled pricks like the masshole in the the BMW today that almost took my kids and I out as he weaved through traffic at literally 95 mph as the rest of us were slowing down for a construction zone that brought us to one lane? Idk man, doing something, literally anything to prevent that and make our roads safer would be nice. The lazy assholes don’t even have to be there, just park a few of their SUVs in the median here and there. Problem solved. They literally just don’t give a fuck, and yes, it started exactly at the pandemic and hasn’t changed. Wonder why… 🤔

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Peachyhue t1_jbzzw8o wrote

must have been something other than sun, rain or snow

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bipolarchickennugget t1_jc021vj wrote

Used to live in southern VT for 10+ years and state troopers would take forever (if they ended up showing up AT ALL) to respond versus living in northern VT now near Burlington, they have been pretty quick whenever anything happens on the highway. Depends on the day and area I guess

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The_Barbelo t1_jc053z5 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,216,789)

Had to call state police when 91 was shut down Feb 24 because we were stuck on the side of the road covered in black ice and insurance said “your car is not disabled so we won’t pay for a tow even though you have full coverage so kindly call your local police and fuck right off” and I was 20 min from home, running out of insulin in my pump. The state police basically said “yeah we’re all out on the road so call us when you’re dying from your diabetic emergency thank you goodbye”.

Luckily I found the spare insulin that I keep in my car for emergencies that is probably not as effective from being frozen. But I would have been royally screwed.

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bond___vagabond t1_jc05ka0 wrote

Replying to Peachyhue (#2,217,751)

It clearly states in our bylaws that we the state troopers have no obligation to set down our cocoa, get out of our warm footie pajamas, and enforce the laws, during inclement weather, including but not limited to: sleat, hail, fog, tornados, windstorms, dust storms, electrical storms, thunderstorms, squalls, northeasters, southwesters, la niñas, el niños, blizzards, whiteouts, indian summers, mud season, or water spouts.

Can't wait till the bosses make them go patrol during a rain of blood/toads: technically rain, and that one cop jerked himself off on the internet with that one pic of his cop car and a statement about sun rain and snow, rain of toads is a subset of the category rain, that said insecure cop clearly promised we would do our jobs during, so get out there and patrol, you lazy locker room lawyer!

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amoebashephard t1_jc08b9h wrote

Better than Merkel any day, snow rain or sun. The man single handedly turned an entire generation of Addison county school children into fervent ACAB folks just by being a school resource officer

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CaptainHoey t1_jc0a564 wrote

A drunk kid flew through an intersection and demolished their car in a ditch right outside my apt the other week. Called the state troopers and they were there in under 10 mins. They were very polite and very professional and gave the drunk kid a blanket (and some scolding) before taking him in. I know they get a bad rap, but including my being pulled over a few times last year, I’ve only had good experiences.

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greenergrassgrows t1_jc0w8w8 wrote

Calling the police only hurts BIPOC. Therefore you are racist.

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Nucl3arMoos3 t1_jc1h0ym wrote

Replying to TheTowerBard (#2,217,042)

I was on 89 back in October and there was a BMW and a Range Rover racing each other going about 90 in the left lane. Two state troopers are sitting in the median and the racers see them once it’s too late. They start to pull over to the shoulder but the cruisers haven’t moved. They just completely ignored these guys. Been pissed off about that ever since.

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TheTowerBard t1_jc1l9u8 wrote

Replying to Nucl3arMoos3 (#2,219,495)

I had a similar situation in CT recently. I was even close enough to the cops to get their attention and gesture while mouthing “what the fuck is wrong with you, go get them” and they just continued their chat like it was a nice Sunday afternoon on a park bench without a care in the world. Cops have collectively given up and it happened exactly in 2020. I genuinely don’t understand how more people aren’t noticing it and calling them out.

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Spooky_Lucifer t1_jc2p1p4 wrote

Took them 9 hours to respond to my domestic violence call...thanks for the help guys

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Dj-Kale t1_jc2sax3 wrote

That’s what happens when you defund police

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random_vermonter t1_jc2u3xn wrote

Replying to TheTowerBard (#2,217,735)

I'm wondering where the staties and/or SBPD were when I got passed by an asshole in a red BMW on Route 7 north on Saturday night. Fucker flicked their lights and everything. Who in the fuck drives 70 at night?

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random_vermonter t1_jc2upfk wrote

Replying to CaptainHoey (#2,218,183)

I remember my car breaking down on I-89 years and years ago and a state trooper offering to let me sit in the cruiser while waiting for a tow truck to arrive. They're not all bad. You just have to know how to interact with a cop.

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Status_Teaching_4054 t1_jc6mpe4 wrote

Why are people complaining. You got what you voted for. Next you'll be saying no one can have guns to defend themselves with. Why don't y'all go back to where you came from

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