Vermont State Police move into new Williston barracks
December 11, 2023 | From a news release The Vermont State Police has officially moved into and opened its new Williston barracks, according to an agency announcement.
Troopers outside the new barracks in Williston. Vermont State Police photo
Troopers and dispatchers completed the move into the new field station last week, located at 3294 St. George Road/Vermont Route 2A, just south of its former barracks.
The new facility is about 22,600 square feet with an 11,000-square-foot garage for storage of various special team vehicles such as the Crime Scene Search Team, Mobile Command Post, Tactical Services Unit, and Bomb Squad.
Staff inside the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) at the new barracks. Vermont State Police photo
Northern Vermont’s Public Safety Answering Point also is housed in the new facility. The PSAP provides emergency communications and dispatching services to the Vermont State Police and numerous other law-enforcement and first-response agencies throughout the northern half of the state.
The building includes office space for uniformed troopers from the Field Force Division and detectives assigned to the Criminal Division. It also includes comfortable interview rooms for speaking to victims, witnesses and suspects; secure evidence rooms, storage and sally ports; and multiple conference rooms.
The facility was designed by Smith Alvarez Sienkiewycz Architects of Burlington, and DEW Construction managed the construction.
The recently completed station replaces a smaller building that the state police converted to a barracks and used since 1992. The state plans to eventually sell the former barracks site, according to the news release about the move.
The Williston Barracks Commander is Lt. Cory Lozier. The station provides police coverage throughout Chittenden and Lamoille counties. Troopers provide primary law enforcement services for Bolton, Buels Gore, Charlotte, Huntington, Jericho, St. George, Underhill, and Westford in Chittenden County, and Belvidere, Cambridge, Eden, Elmore and Waterville in Lamoille County.
They also assist local police departments in their coverage area as requested in the communities of Burlington, Colchester, Essex, Hinesburg, Milton, Morristown, Richmond, Shelburne, South Burlington, Stowe, Williston and Winooski as well as the University of Vermont Police Department and sheriff’s departments in Chittenden and Lamoille counties.
Staff based at the Williston barracks also patrol 40 miles of interstate highway within Chittenden County.
A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new barracks will be announced, state police said.