Complaint filed about out of town cops

A Fair Haven resident told the town Select Board that its police officers spend too much time on out-of-town details and not enough in town. He says he realized there was a problem after a dispatcher told him nobody was available to respond to his report that minors had broken into his mother's home and were holding a party. Richards said he often sees Fair Haven officers in other towns on traffic details funded by state and federal grants. Fair Haven Police Chief William Humphries said Thursday that the follow-up to Richards' call was mishandled, but there's always an officer in town. Fair Haven is in talks with Castleton and Poultney about creating a regional police force, and Humphries said the boards will discuss the matter with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns in the near future.