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Senate committee hears from Seth Champ; vote on State Police Advisory Commission nomination postponed
Summary
The Senate Government Operations Committee heard testimony Jan. 16 from Seth Champ, nominated to the State Police Advisory Commission, but postponed a confirmation vote pending an unrelated judicial matter. Committee members expressed support for Champ’s community background and interest in police accountability.
Seth Champ, nominated to the State Police Advisory Commission, told the Senate Government Operations Committee on Jan. 16 that he was born and raised in Vermont and has returned in recent years after teaching and running programs elsewhere.
Champ said he taught for years at Duke University and later opened a jiu-jitsu school in Essex after moving back to Vermont during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I was born and raised in Vermont,” he said. He described work with law-enforcement personnel in North Carolina, including training on noninjurious control techniques, and said those experiences shaped his interest in serving on the advisory commission.
The nomination drew questions about…
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