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Police Chief Statement on Recent Crime 12/4/24

Richmond Police Department Overview

The mission of the Richmond Police Department is to provide high-quality, community-oriented policing and protection to the residents and visitors of Richmond.

The RPD is budgeted for a shared Chief with Hinesburg, four full-time police officers, three part-time police officers, and one part-time civilian employee tasked with providing police services to the Town of Richmond. Our officers are provided with dynamic training opportunities to ensure that they are always current with the evolution of their profession. We strive to provide transparency and strengthen community partnerships.

Announcement of Police Chief Hiring

1/8/25

I am pleased to announce the hiring of Anthony Cambridge to the position of Richmond Police Chief. Chief Cambridge has served as the Hinesburg Police Chief since 2019. In July of 2023 the towns of Richmond and Hinesburg entered into an agreement which arranged for the Hinesburg Police Chief to provide Police Chief services to the Richmond Police Department. As part of this agreement, Chief Cambridge was named Interim Richmond Police Chief. In April of 2023 the towns entered into an agreement which allowed the Hinesburg Police Department to provide police services to the Richmond Police Department while the Richmond Police Department is understaffed.

Chief Cambridge lives in Richmond and has long expressed a desire to be employed as Police Chief in the town in which he resides. Chief Cambridge is committed to community policing, and this has shown in the past year and a half that he has served as Richmond’s Interim Police Chief. He has been responsive to the needs of the community in areas ranging from traffic enforcement to investigating a recent increase in thefts in Richmond. Chief Cambridge regularly attends Selectboard meetings and other public meetings to provide information to the residents and answer questions.

At the time of this announcement there is not an agreement in place for Hinesburg to contract with Richmond for shared police chief services, but both Selectboards will likely be considering this arrangement in the near future. Chief Cambridge’s start date with Richmond will be February 18, 2025.

Josh Arneson, Richmond Town Manager

Current Police Coverage

The Town of Richmond is being covered by Hinesburg PD for police services. Hinesburg will respond to calls in Richmond when their officers are on duty which is Monday - Friday 7am - 11pm and Saturday and Sunday 7am - 7pm. For non-emergency police matters please contact Hinesburg PD for assistance at (802) 482-3397. For emergency assistance dial 911.

For Emergencies Call 911

The Richmond Police Department is not currently staffed. For non-emergency police matters please contact the Hinesburg Police Department for assistance at (802) 482-3397

Anthony Cambridge

Chief of Police

Police Dispatch

Reports and Statistics

Compliments and Complaints

Tell us what you think about our services, our organization, or anything else that comes to mind. We welcome all of your comments and suggestions.

Traffic Stops and Race Data

The Richmond Police Department provides annual reports on traffic stops and race data to the State. That information is posted on the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council’s website.

Instructions on how to find Richmond’s Data: Note, Google Chrome does not work to download the data. Please use a different browser.

  • Click on the link above.
  • On the bottom right of the page in the link is the following linked phrase: “*Spillman Agencies Data File. “
    • Click on this link.
  • This brings up an excel sheet of data for all the agencies that use Spillman for reporting.
  • Enter “0411” in the “Agency Involved” column on this excel sheet. 0411 is the code for Richmond and this will show data for Richmond.

Community Outreach Program

The Community Outreach Program in the participating communities of South Burlington, Colchester, Essex, Williston, Winooski, Richmond, and Shelburne was inspired by Burlington’s Street Outreach model. In the participating towns, outreach specialists work in partnership with local and regional law enforcement to respond to individuals with unmet social service needs, often due to mental health or substance use issues.

Residents or Richmond are able to contact the program directly (without the need of police involvement) if they are in need of assistance. More information can be found here: Community-Outreach.

Howard Center Community Outreach Annual Reports:  FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023 (Q1), FY2023 (Q2), FY2023 (Q3) 

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More information about the program can be found in this presentation that was given to the Richmond Selectboard on Oct. 19, 2020: Community Outreach - Richmond Selectboard meeting 10.19.20

Fair and Impartial Policing Policy

The Richmond Police Department follows the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council’s model fair and impartial policing policy

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