Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires and compels police departments adopt preventative policies that prohibit use of deception during subject interrogations in Vermont.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the use of threats, physical harm, or deception in the tactics employed by a law enforcement officer or government agent during the custodial interrogation of a person under 20 years of age (Sec. 1). 

• Alleges support for the Vermont Criminal Justice Council creates a model interrogation policy for all law enforcement agencies and constables with law enforcement powers to adopt and incorporate into training that is provided (Sec. 1).

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