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Welcome to the South Burlington 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 SBPD sponsored events. This page may not be monitored on an hourly basis. If you have an emergency please dial 911 or the South Burlington Police Department at 802-846-4111.

If you are looking for the official source of information about the South Burlington Police Department please visit our homepage at
www.sbpdvt.org

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South Burlington Police Department Facebook Terms

This is the official Facebook page of the South Burlington Police Department in South Burlington, 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 South Burlington 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) 846-4111 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. We encourage tipsters to contact the Champlain Valley Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-427-8477.
• 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 South Burlington Police officers and a citizen does not indicate endorsement of that person’s actions or comments.
• Comments posted by others on the South Burlington Police Department's Facebook page are not to be considered the opinion of the South Burlington Police Department; nor does SBPD endorse any third-party comments on this page.
• The South Burlington Police Department reserves the right to remove and/or block anyone who posts inappropriate material as determined by the SBPD.
• The Posting and Takedown Terms do not allow posting of photos or videos by anyone other than authorized members of the South Burlington Police Department.
• If you have photos or videos you’d like to share on this page, contact the South Burlington Police Department social media team at [email protected].
•The South Burlington 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 SBPD administrators promoting women's self-defense through R.A.D. or pictures of SBPD members participating in local charities or fundraisers. These events and postings have been authorized by SBPD Facebook administrators.

The SBPD 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 South Burlington there is a strong possibility that your mugshot will be posted on the Department's Facebook Page. Arrests which are made in the City and become public information via press release to local news outlets are often posted on our Facebook and Twitter accounts. 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 South Burlington 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 South Burlington Police.

If you have questions about posting material please contact the South Burlington Police Department's social media team at [email protected].

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 SBPD abide by this law and make them public.


Please also check out our Twitter page @SBPolice1

Mission

It is the mission of the South Burlington Police Department to foster a safe environment which promotes a high quality of life within our community. We will accomplish this by reducing the level and fear of crime and facilitating safe highways; by addressing community concerns; by actively seeking input and responding to issues brought to our attention; by managing our organization responsibly utilizing effective, efficient, and rational planning; by recruiting, retaining, and nurturing the development of the most qualified personnel to meet the needs of the community and the police department. We will abide by a core set of values, being: integrity, loyalty, dedication to duty, professionalism, teamwork, fairness, and respect.