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South Burlington preps for police chief search LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
With South Burlington’s police chief leaving his post come March 21, South Burlington city officials are gearing up to begin the search for the next permanent leader of the department. Shawn Burke last month submitted his resignation to the department where he has served as chief for the last six years. He plans to return to the Burlington Police Department, where he worked for 21 years as deputy chief of operations before moving to South Burlington. He will serve as Burlington’s interim police chief, replacing outgoing chief Jon Murad. According to South Burlington’s city charter, the authority to hire a police chief lies with the city manager, but current manage Jessie Baker told the city council this week that the process will hopefully include as much public input as possible. “Appointing a police chief is a really important decision for our community, so I have tried to lay out a process that solicits as much community feedback into my decision-making as possible,” she said. A police chief advisory team in the making will help guide the process. The team will include representatives from a number of sectors in the community, like the school district, the faith commu-
nity, the Vermont Professionals of Color Network, the business community, a police department staff person and a city councilor. This team will likely meet three or four times throughout the process, Baker said. Additionally, the city will hold a series of public listening sessions facilitated by the firm J.W. Leadership Consulting and Jim Baker, a retired state trooper and former chief of the Rutland police department, and no relation to the city manager. “He has a lot of public safety service in Vermont and helps communities with these recruitment processes,” Jessie Baker said. She said Jim Baker will help lead the search committee through a resume review process, a screening process and “a full assessment center” which she described as a “hyper-interview process” with “scenario-based questions.” Baker hopes an offer of employment to be made by the end of summer with the new chief sworn in by the end of the year. She added that the city is hoping to have internal candidates from the police department for the positions. She noted the fair amount of succession planning the department has already undertaken with See POLICE CHIEF on page 12
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Tim Camisa, owner of 802 Antiques, stands in front of his prized bottle collection.
Antique dealer offers look into the history of things LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
We all have things — old things, new things, things collecting dust in our attics and basement. But Tim Camisa, an antiquing
expert and owner of 802 Antiques located in the University Mall, has a unique affinity for things. The massive collection that expands into every nook and cranny of the storefront just scratches the surface of the hundreds of pieces Camisa
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