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RANDOLPH — The Vermont State Police cited Jakob Oliver, a 30-year-old police officer from Woodstock, on Friday for alleged domestic violence and related charges stemming from incidents that took place in late August and early September.
The investigation was initiated on Thursday by a request from Randolph Police Department Chief Scott Clouatre.
Detectives from the Bureau of Criminal Investigations, from outside the area, took over the case.
Their findings indicated that Oliver had been physically abusive to a partner, hindered the victim’s attempts to call for help, and restrained the victim’s movements.
Following a report to Chief Clouatre, the victim obtained a relief-from-abuse order against Oliver.
On Friday, VSP detectives confronted Oliver at the Royalton Barracks and issued a citation for domestic assault, second-degree unlawful restraint, and interference with access to emergency services.
Oliver is scheduled for arraignment at the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in Chelsea at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 9.
Additional information regarding the case will become available after the affidavit of probable cause is filed and made public post-arraignment.
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Just another day at the Vermont zoo.
I know headlines are composed to attract attention. But there is a line that responsible journalists should follow to avoid bias. If a bank teller, or a cashier at a grocery store, or (God forbid) a newspaper reporter, was cited for domestic abuse, would the headline be – Bank Teller cited for domestic abuse’, or ‘Grocery Store Cashier cited for domestic abuse’, or ‘Reporter cited for domestic abuse?
Bias can be subtle. What does the ‘Cop’ say about all of this? Or is this ‘Cop’ presumed to be persona non grata and more noteworthy simply because he’s a ‘Cop’?
Wouldn’t it be more reasonable to wait before emphasizing particulars until the “Additional information regarding the case will become available after the affidavit of probable cause is filed and made public post-arraignment”?
As a single female who is on the road alone, may need to call a cop (were I in a relationship) for a domestic abuse event, or got pulled over by this ‘cop’ — I would want to know who I was dealing with. As a victim of domestic abuse, I can tell you that the power and control extends beyond domestic situations and spills into the public sector when it is expressed from a boss or person who has power over the moment – lose a job, lose a home (if its a landlord), and that VSP are all in a position of TRUST within the community.
THIS kind of behavior breaks that trust at the most basic level.
I mostly respect your comments J. — but your PC correctness displays your male privelage — you are not in a position of vulnerability that we women are with too many men.
I would not want this guy pulling me over at night, or on a secluded roadway. And making something up that would end up being he said she said… there is just too much that could happen if a person has control issues.
We haven’t figured out how to cure people of control issues yet — and in fact our legislature demonstrates that every day — bottom line, the perp doesn’t care about the victim — its ALL about power and control and yayas.
My policy is name’em and shame’em — too many times its wait until the victim is dead (as happened to the sister of a cousin’s wife in NH whose long complaints went unanswered until she was killed, cut up and burned in her back yard by her ex. Then they caught the guy – do you want to wait until that happens J?).
Cops are in a special position of trust, respond in the worst situations, and someone on a power trip makes that dangerous, as we see too often when a wellness check turns into a death by cop… its too late for that person.
Domestic violence is endemic in our world today — and no effective means of addressing it… that is what we should be discussing. Few abusers get cured, and are repeat offenders.
The problem with Tel./// Lie.///Vision./// they have lied for so long there is no truth.
Hopefully this guy wants help and gets it. His partner too.
Watch how quick this gets press coverage and he is made a big example of while the gangs of Burlington continue to go unpunished for doing far worse.
Your reply is an example of the logical fallacy known as “false equivalence.” Yes, gangs commit crimes, and it may seem (or even be the case) that they go unpunished for far too long. Yes, people (including police) commit crimes, and it may seem (or even be the case) that they are not held accountable for far too long. But these cases are not the same, and involve different perpetrators with different statuses in their respective communities, as well as different kinds of crime. A gang member robbing someone or even hurting them is not a person in authority/ in a position of public trust. A stranger robbing someone or even hurting them is not the same as an intimate partner’s violence and/or abuse of someone they are supposed to care about. Also, the gang activity you mention is a general observation about nonspecific actions, while the case in this news item is specific in actions and actors. Thus, putting these cases into the same category is both illogical and un-useful.