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Vermont Criminal Justice Council requests $300,000 to finish statewide police training overhaul
Summary
The Vermont Criminal Justice Council asked the committee for a $300,000 budget amendment to complete a three‑year contract with IATLIS to overhaul recruit curriculum, finish piloting and achieve accreditation; the Council said the work will be complete and piloted in 2027.
Chris, executive director of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council, told the Senate Appropriations Committee the council seeks $300,000 in onetime funds to finish a multi‑year curriculum overhaul contract with IATLIS (the international association of directors of law enforcement standards and training). The council said the governor previously supported investments in law enforcement training and victim services tied to making the curriculum legally defensible and more defensible in practice.
Chris outlined the scope: a job task analysis, curriculum development and piloting; the IATLIS contract was reduced from an earlier estimate to $1.5 million and the legislature previously appropriated $1.2 million, leaving a $300,000 gap to complete the contract. The work will produce revised learning objectives, competencies to be tested, pilot classes and materials for Vermont instructors and volunteer field instructors.
The council said the contract amendment would fund curriculum completion and classroom piloting that is expected to run through 2027; staff estimated the project was 60–65% complete and that piloting could begin mid‑July 2027 with full completion by the end of 2027.
Committee members asked whether the overhaul will create new equipment or infrastructure costs for agencies; council staff said the $300,000 request is meant to complete the curriculum work and that any future equipment requests would come separately.
The committee did not vote on the request at the hearing; council staff left the committee with a timeline for finishing the work and an explanation of how the funds would be used to finalize and pilot the new training.
