Author: jgprrobert

Chief Robbie Blish reports that with the number of traffic fatalities increasing, the Woodstock Police Department will be participating in the Governor’s Highway Safety Holiday DUI Campaign during the next two weeks. Road fatalities have increased in the past two years. Seventy-one people have been killed in traffic accidents this year, putting Vermont on a pace to have the highest number of deaths since 2012. Driver impairment, speed, failure to use seatbelts, and distracted driving continue to be leading causes for these tragedies. With these numbers in mind, the Woodstock Police Department will be participating in the Governor’s Highway Safety

Chief Robbie Blish and the Woodstock Police Department are pleased to share that officers, dispatchers and police staff were recognized for exceptional work during an awards banquet on Dec. 2. During the annual awards ceremony Officers, Dispatchers and Police Department staff were recognized for their actions and efforts from the past year, with several awards being presented for responses to a June 14 homicide on Slayton Terrace. Medal of Honor: Sgt. Joseph Swanson Sgt. Swanson was the first officer at the scene of a homicide at Slayton Terrace on June 14, 2022. Sgt. Swanson, knowing that a gunman was still