Vermont law enforcement warns S.208 identification rules would hinder undercover work and risk child-protection cases At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on S.208, law enforcement witnesses told lawmakers the bill’s requirement that officers visibly display name/agency — without clear exceptions — would undermine undercover and surveillance work, risk evidence loss in child-exploitation cases and create operational and liability problems; witnesses recommended council-written policy rather than exhaustive statutory exceptions.

Vermont law enforcement warns that new identification rules could endanger child protection efforts and compromise undercover operations.

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