There were nasty reminders across Vermont this morning that the winter driving season is upon us. State police say a 43-year-old Rutland woman died today after her car spun around on an icy bridge and into oncoming traffic on U.S. Route 7.

In St. Johnsbury, Vermont State Police officials are postponing a public forum because of the threat posed by Hurricane Sandy.

Vermont State Police are holding forums to gather public feedback as they do a facilities review.

A former Vermont state trooper accused of assaulting two men he believed had stolen his canoe has applied for unspecified disability benefits from the state and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The June death of Thetford resident Macadam Mason has focused new attention on electronic weapons used by state police. Mason died after being shot by a state police stun gun. The incident has prompted calls for more oversight of the state police and changes to their use-of-force policy.

Ten times in the past 18 months, state police fired electronic stun guns at people threatening suicide or at others experiencing a mental health crisis. That's according to police records and video recordings obtained by Vermont Public Radio under the state's open records law.

State Police say a Thetford man who was shot with a stun gun by police died of a heart attack caused by the shock.p

The Vermont State Police are stepping up patrols in an effort to reduce traffic fatalities across the state. Law enforcement officers say they're concerned, because while the number of crashes is not on the rise this year, the severity of the accidents has gotten much worse.

Vermont authorities say they will try to collect any over-payments that may have been made to a former state trooper accused of falsifying his time sheets.

The Rutland barracks of the Vermont State Police is considering closing its Castleton outpost.

A former Vermont state trooper charged with falsifying his time sheets says he's writing a check to the state. That's after Sergeant Jim Deeghan was told the payroll office over-credited him in calculating his final paycheck.

The longtime companion of a man who died after being shot with a stun gun by state police has sued the state police and the officer involved.

Investigators looking into alleged overtime fraud by a former state police officer have found other irregularities in his pay records. Officials are also conducting a broader look at potential overtime accounting problems throughout state government, but they say the case appears so far to be an isolated incident.

Gov. Peter Shumlin says he expects that a probe of alleged overtime abuse by a former state police officer will wrap up in three weeks. Shumlin says investigators will comb through six years of pay records for former state police Sergeant James Deeghan.

Burlington Free Press reporter, Mike Donoghue updates Vermont Edition on the allegations that a Vermont State Police officer charged the state and municipalities for overtime hours he didn't work.

A 22-year veteran of the Vermont State Police - who resigned after possible time-sheet fraud - is facing charges. Sergeant Jim Deeghan of Colchester pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of false swearing

Governor Peter Shumlin says his administration has launched an investigation into allegations of fraudulent overtime accounting by Vermont state police. The probe follows the resignation of a state police sergeant who authorities suspect may have charged the state for overtime he did not work.

Some town officials in Orange County say they're concerned that state police response times may slow in the future as the state continues to replace and consolidate aging facilities, including the barracks in Bradford.

The precise cause of Macadam Mason's death is yet unknown, but when he was stunned by a Vermont State Police trooper with a Taser it again stirred debate about the use of these weapons by Vermont law enforcement.

Vermont State Police say a Thetford man died Wednesday after a trooper discharged a stun gun at him. Authorities say the man was taken to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center after the incident, which is where he died.

The federal government has introduced its Secure Communities immigration enforcement policy in Vermont, despite the state's so-called bias-free policing policy.

Vermont State Police have blocked off part of the road leading to the home of a missing St. Johnsbury woman, whose 2-year-old child was found alone in her vehicle a short distance away.

The Vermont Supreme Court says police records that may be linked to the investigation of a crime are not automatically exempt from the state's access to public records law.

The head of the Vermont State Police says the results of a study found a small racial and ethnic bias in police stops. Colonel Tom L'Esperance says the information shows the police have to look more carefully at what they're doing.

Vermont State Police say it's no laughing matter that images of a pig showed up on decals on the side of about 30 of their cruisers, and they say inmates at the Department of Corrections are responsible.