{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1032","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 1032","heading":"Law enforcement use of chokeholds","body":"(a) As used in this section:\n(1) “Law enforcement officer” has the same meaning as in 20 V.S.A. § 2351a.\n(2) “Chokehold” means the use of any maneuver on a person that employs a lateral vascular neck restraint, carotid restraint, or other action that applies any pressure to the throat, windpipe, or neck in a manner that limits the person’s breathing or blood flow.\n(3) “Serious bodily injury” has the same meaning as in section 1021 of this title.\n(b) A law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s capacity as law enforcement who employs a chokehold on a person in violation of 20 V.S.A. § 2368(c)(6) that causes serious bodily injury to or death of the person shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or fined not more than $50,000.00, or both.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 019: Breach of the Peace; Disturbances","Subchapter 004: OTHER DISTURBANCES OF THE PEACE"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/019/01032","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:09:27Z","sha256":"29a871dfd6e8c8b34de60705212cecf3c0604237919683175fda5d8e085b4511","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1031","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1033"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}