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PUTNEY-I write in support of Molly Gray, candidate for lieutenant governor. I’d like briefly to focus upon two qualities that I have seen in her: competence and compassion.
I came to know Molly when I was a director of fair and impartial policing for the Vermont State Police and she was stewarding the Vermont Afghan Alliance. She had gotten in touch with the agency with the intent of presenting to the Alliance’s people a workshop concerning interactions with law enforcement.
I quickly learned that as Molly both organized and ran the Alliance, she helped a large number of new immigrants who had been involved with the U.S. government during the war against the Taliban — people who had consequently come to America to build new lives.
As one can imagine, numerous and complicated bureaucratic moves are involved in such a resettlement, including both complicated legal interactions with immigration authorities and the procuring of support services for people for whom English is not a primary language.
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department writes that game wardens “enforce fish and wildlife, boat, snowmobile, ATV, and general criminal laws.” Game wardens also “provide an important law enforcement support role during critical incidents and emergencies. They also have extensive knowledge of Vermont's remote areas and utilize this knowledge...
