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Crime in Burlington is making headlines. How does it affect residents?

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This hour, Vermont Edition explores whether perceptions of crime in the Burlington area are as bad as recent local and national news articles suggest.

From national to local news stories, we keep hearing that gun violence and other crimes are up in Vermont, and specifically the Burlington area. This hour, we’ll begin a two-part series about crime in Vermont’s biggest city.

Host Connor Cyrus will explore resident's perceptions versus reality. Is Burlington as dangerous as the media coverage would suggest? What root causes are behind the uptick in violence? And what solutions do officials and others see?

Our guests are:

  • James Lyall, executive director, ACLU of Vermont
  • Liam Elder-Connors, Vermont Public reporter

Broadcast on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Have questions, comments or tips? Send us a message or tweet us @vermontedition.

Connor Cyrus joined Vermont Public as host and senior producer in March 2021. He was a morning reporter at WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Lyndon State College (now Northern Vermont University), he started his reporting career as an intern at WPTZ, later working for WAGM in Presque Isle, Maine, and WCAX Channel 3, where he covered a broad range of stories from Vermont’s dairy industry to the nurses’ strikes at UVM Medical Center. He’s passionate about journalism’s ability to shed light on complex or difficult topics, as well as giving voice to underrepresented communities.
Tedra joined Vermont Public as a producer for Vermont Edition in January 2022. Before moving to Vermont, she was a journalist in New York City for 20 years. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University.