{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/29-vt-law-enforcement-agencies-receive-new-support-to-buy-bulletproof-vests-for-officers", "29 VT Law Enforcement Agencies Receive New Support To Buy BULLETPROOF VESTS For Officers", "2016-10-07", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.07.16\n\t\t\t 29 VT Law Enforcement Agencies Receive New Support To Buy BULLETPROOF VESTS For Officers \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tLeahy: VT Law Enforcement Agencies Receive Support To Buy Bulletproof Vests For Officers\r\n. . . Funding Under Leahy Program Will Help Buy New Protective Vests For More Than 200 Vermont Officers\r\n(FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2016) -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Friday announced that grants will be coming to Vermont to support the purchase of lifesaving protective vests for Vermont law enforcement officers, under the Leahy-authored Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.\r\nThe funding includes $68,400 to help 29 local police and sheriff departments buy 214 new bulletproof vests for their officers.\r\nLeahy is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the author of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program. He successfully fought for its reauthorization earlier this year. As a result, over the next five years more than 200,000 officers across the country will receive lifesaving vests.\r\nLaw enforcement officers working on the frontlines must have the tools they need to protect themselves in the line of duty. We owe that to them and to their families. Leahy said. The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program was created because of a tragic shootout with police on the Vermont-New Hampshire border. It is perhaps the most tangible support that Congress can provide to law enforcement officers, and I take great comfort in knowing that more Vermont officers will have the protection of lifesaving vests with these grants.\r\nLeahy said the program, which provides matching funds for departments to purchase bulletproof vests, is vital to small communities that struggle under tight budgets to keep their officers safe. Further responding to those needs, Leahy improved the federal grant program by authoring a provision in 2009 to waive in whole or in part the matching requirement for small jurisdictions in Vermont and other states that are experiencing financial hardships.\r\nLeahy frequently hears from Vermont law enforcement officers about the escalating presence of powerful weapons found at the scenes of drug investigations. Since the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program first received funding in 1999, more than $1 million has been awarded to police departments in Vermont to buy more than 4500 protective vests for Vermont law enforcement officers.\r\n# # # # #\r\n \r\nVermont Jurisdictions Receiving Bulletproof Vest Grants\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJurisdiction\r\nGrant Amount\r\nNumber of Vests\r\n\r\n\r\nBarre Town\r\n$284.50\r\n1\r\n\r\n\r\nBellows Falls Village\r\n$3,156.76\r\n8\r\n\r\n\r\nBennington Town\r\n$3,580.00\r\n8\r\n\r\n\r\nBerlin Town\r\n$928.50\r\n3\r\n\r\n\r\nBrattleboro Town\r\n$1,400.00\r\n4\r\n\r\n\r\nCastleton Town\r\n$3,200.00\r\n8\r\n\r\n\r\nEssex Junction Village\r\n$1,497.50\r\n5\r\n\r\n\r\nFair Haven Town\r\n$3,193.50\r\n8\r\n\r\n\r\nFranklin County\r\n$1,350.00\r\n4\r\n\r\n\r\nGrand Isle County\r\n$2,247.50\r\n5\r\n\r\n\r\nHardwick Town\r\n$1,032.00\r\n3\r\n\r\n\r\nHartford Town\r\n$1,348.50\r\n3\r\n\r\n\r\nLamoille County\r\n$4,968.00\r\n12\r\n\r\n\r\nManchester Town\r\n$2,136.00\r\n8\r\n\r\n\r\nMiddlebury Town\r\n$1,335.00\r\n3\r\n\r\n\r\nMilton Town\r\n$1,876.00\r\n4\r\n\r\n\r\nPittsford Town\r\n$1,425.00\r\n4\r\n\r\n\r\nRutland City\r\n$4,350.00\r\n12\r\n\r\n\r\nRutland County\r\n$989.47\r\n3\r\n\r\n\r\nRoyalton\r\n$775.00\r\n2\r\n\r\n\r\nShelburne Town\r\n$2,000.00\r\n5\r\n\r\n\r\nSouth Burlington City\r\n$5,390.00\r\n12\r\n\r\n\r\nSpringfield Town\r\n$1,547.50\r\n5\r\n\r\n\r\nSt. Albans City\r\n$2,920.50\r\n9\r\n\r\n\r\nVergennes City\r\n$3,325.00\r\n7\r\n\r\n\r\nWilliston Town\r\n$2,070.00\r\n5\r\n\r\n\r\nWilmington Town\r\n$2,528.01\r\n9\r\n\r\n\r\nWinhall Town\r\n$2,250.50\r\n6\r\n\r\n\r\nWoodstock Village\r\n$4,262.50\r\n11\r\n\r\n\r\nTotals for Vermont\r\n$68,401.13\r\n214\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n# # # # #\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tPress Contact  David Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/29-vt-law-enforcement-agencies-receive-new-support-to-buy-bulletproof-vests-for-officers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9768649470061064, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}