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Welcome to the Berlin Police Department's Official Facebook page! This page is designed to help communicate with the community in a contemporary fashion. We will work to update our status providing information about wanted persons, traffic safety tips and dates for BPD sponsored events. This page may not be monitored on an hourly basis. If you have an emergency please dial 911 or the Berlin Police Department at 802-223-4401, during business hours and 802-229-9191 for dispatch services.



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Berlin Police Department Facebook Terms

This is the official Facebook page of the Berlin Police Department in Berlin, Vermont. This page was created to help connect the police department with the community and guests of the City. This page is monitored and managed by the Berlin Police Department.

Before posting on this page, please review these terms:
• A posting on this page constitutes acceptance of these terms.

• Do not use this page to report a crime. To report a crime, you may call (802) 229-9191 for non-emergencies. For emergencies, dial 911.

• If you have information related to a crime (suspects involved, location, evidence, etc.), you may message the page.

• If you post information related to a crime on this page, you may be placing yourself in the position of becoming a witness to a crime and subject yourself to subpoena.

• “Friending” or “Liking” between Berlin Police officers and a citizen does not indicate endorsement of that person’s actions or comments.

• Comments posted by others on the Berlin Police Department's Facebook page are not to be considered the opinion of the Berlin Police Department; nor does BPD endorse any third-party comments on this page.

• The Berlin Police Department reserves the right to remove and/or block anyone who posts inappropriate material as determined by the BPD.

• The Posting and Takedown Terms do not allow posting of photos or videos by anyone other than authorized members of the Berlin Police Department.

• If you have photos or videos you’d like to share on this page, contact the Berlin Police Department social media team at [email protected].

•The Berlin Police Department welcomes a person’s right to express his/her opinion and encourages posters to keep comments related to content on this page. Comments on pictures, press releases and other timeline events must be pertinent to the department's post. Irrelevant commenting or spamming is strictly prohibited. We do not allow solicitations or advertisements without prior approval. You may see postings by the BPD administrators of pictures of BPD members participating in local charities or fundraisers. These events and postings have been authorized by BPD Facebook administrators.

The BPD reserves the right to remove any comments that are inappropriate or offensive, including comments that:

• defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or violate the legal rights of others,

• include racism, hatred, slander, threats, obscenity, violence and/or vulgarity,

• spam or advertisements,

• have personal information about another person and/or that violate a person’s privacy,

• include copyrighted material that belongs to another person,

• contain links to inappropriate websites.

• is designed to target a particular organization, group or person as a means to discredit, defame or diminish the group or person's credibility.

***If you are arrested for a crime in Berlin there is a strong possibility that your mugshot will be posted on the Department's Facebook Page. Arrests which are made in the Town of Berlin and become public information via press release to local news outlets are often posted on our Facebook account. The intention is not to publicly shame an individual and people commenting on the photos should consider this when posting under the mugshot or press release. The Berlin Police Department wants to keep the community aware of criminal activity that is occurring in the City and hopefully deter others from committing crimes. If you have information related to a recent arrest or recognize the person(s) as a suspect in another crime, please contact the Berlin Police.



Law pertaining to Public Records can be found at http://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/01/005/00317. Please carefully read this statute before complaining about mugshots, press releases involving arrests and other issues involving public information. In 2014, when the public records law was revamped it was discussed with legislators that making arrests public prior to any court adjudication subjected someone to public scrutiny even before the matter was reviewed by a judge. Legislature did not alter this section of the law and made it clear that all "records reflecting the initial arrest of a person ... shall be public." We at The Berlin Police Department abide by this law and make them public.

Mission

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Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Berlin Police Department to be dedicated to equitable and impartial enforcement of the laws and ordinances to protect human life, property, and to maintain the public peace. In accomplishing this mission of protection and service, the members of this agency will respect Constitutional rights, human dignity, and community values. We commit to the enhancement of police-community partnership, and will assist the members of our community with the identification and resolution of problems, in the effort to improve the quality of life. We will give our community the highest quality of law enforcement services possible, while continuously striving for the highest professional standards. Our motto shall be honesty, integrity, and sense of duty; sense of duty not to the department, but to the people that we serve. We shall nurture public trust by holding ourselves to the highest standard of performance and ethics.

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The Berlin Police Department

"Caring for our Community"

This page is maintained by the Berlin Police Department located at 108 Shed Road in Berlin Vermont.

The Berlin Police Department welcome comments related to the specific content posted on the site. Please note, comments posted to this page are monitored and our Facebook settings will automatically hide a comment if profanity is used.

The Berlin Police Department reserve the right to delete inappropriate comments such as the following:

• Comments not topically related to the post for which they are made;

• Profane language or content;

• Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;

• Sexual content or links to sexual content;

• Solicitations of commerce;

• Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity;

• Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;

• Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party; or

• Comments that contain false information.

The Sparks Police encourage anyone to report any abuse or inappropriate comments on this page.

This site is monitored intermittently during regular business hours.

The Berlin Police Department does endorse any links or advertisements that may show up on this Facebook page.

Content is subject to disclosure under public right-to-know regulations.