{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-279-16","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. App. ch. 279, § 16","heading":"Police Department authorization","body":"The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage a Police Department under the direction of a Chief of Police appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Chief of Police and all police officers shall have those powers and authority that are conferred generally by the general law.","path":["Title 24 Appendix: Municipal Charters","Chapter 279: Village of Swanton"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/24APPENDIX/279/00016","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:07Z","sha256":"8c6adfa0936fa98c487bbce71140bcdf954376e68bbfb64be3ddbdc645dda1af","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-279-15","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-279-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}