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From Fox News: Community leaders in Burlington, Vermont, a town currently dealing with troubling levels of homelessness, drug addiction and crime, are urgently looking to boost the city’s police presence after the force was partially defunded in 2020.
Pomerleau Real Estate CEO and President Ernie Pomerleau, as well as Burlington City Council President Ben Traverse, spoke to Fox News Digital last week about the city’s need to bolster its police department after it was defunded in the wake of the George Floyd riots and racial justice movement of 2020. The Burlington Police Department has since struggled with recruitment.
“And so, they allowed attrition to take down the police force – that was a mistake,” Pomerleau told the outlet, adding, “We need to support the police.”
Pomerleau’s concerns have been driven by a serious uptick in homelessness, drug addiction and crime that has gripped the picturesque New England town that sits on the edge of Lake Champlain.
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