The Vermont State Police (VSP) is the state police agency for the U.S. State of Vermont, and has jurisdiction throughout the state. The Vermont Public Safety Commission directs policy and selects the Commander. The Commander is Colonel Thomas L'Esperance. The Vermont Public Safety Commissioner is Keith W. Flynn.
In 2008, there were 307 state troopers.
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“In order to get to East Russet you take the Vermont Central as far as Twitchell’s Falls and change there for Torpid River Junction, where a spur line takes you right into Gormley. At Gormley you are met by a buckboard which takes you back to Torpid River Junction again.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
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—For the State of Kansas, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)