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Nicole Orne-Reformer Staff
08 April 2008
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Sheriff's deputy investigated
NEWFANE -- Allegations of a relationship between Windham County Sheriff's Capt. Heidi Nelson and a 17-year-old student will be investigated internally and criminally.
Officials at Brattleboro Union High School, where Nelson serves as a Student Resource Officer and teaches a law enforcement class at the Windham Regional Career Center, heard the accusations Friday morning and alerted Sheriff Keith Clark.
Clark announced he will conduct a thorough investigation as to whether Nelson, 42, violated policies of the department.
"Our policy does speak to what is ethical and unethical. I'll look at what rules and regulations do we have in place? If it's outside that, how far, how often? And I'll take action appropriate to those," he said.
Col. James Baker, of the Vermont State Police, said investigators are looking into the accusations as well.
"It's a priority," he said. "Any time there's an allegation of misconduct by a police officer, that's a priority."
While the age of consent in Vermont is 16, there are provisions included in the law for teachers and coaches. "No person shall engage in a sexual act with a child who is under the age of 18 and is entrusted
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to the actor's care by authority of law," Vermont law specifies.
Clark would not release the name or gender of the student, nor any details about the length or nature of the alleged relationship. "I am doing everything possible to protect everyone concerned as these investigations move forward," Clark said.
Nelson will be on administrative leave with pay until the investigations are complete, Clark said at a press conference Monday. The two sergeants would share her duties.
She is also on paid leave from her teaching position at the school, said Ron Stahley, superintendent of Windham Southeast Supervisory Union.
Substitutes would be covering her class, rather than hiring someone new. "I make no assumptions in terms of her actions," he said.
Clark asked the public to "give me and the investigators enough time to speak to all parties involved and to gather all the relevant information. I will return to the media and the public as often as needed, while at the same time protecting the integrity of the investigations and the privacy of everyone involved."
Nelson is the highest ranking deputy in the department, the second-in-command, and has worked in law enforcement for more than 20 years. She worked for the state police before coming to the sheriff's department.
The State's Attorney and the Attorney General both believe the state police were the proper agency for this investigation, despite her former employment there, Clark said.
Clark said he wanted to give the information to the public, following the platform he ran on for "open and frank communication."
"I can't say to the public that I'm only open when good stuff happens," he said.
The accusations were a blow, he said. "Any time an administrator has someone within the organization betray their trust, it hurts. This situation is the same way."
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