Ben & Jerry’s Hometown Slashed Police Force, So Burlington Businesses Launched Safety Escort Program

Businesses in Burlington, Vermont have launched a safety escort program for women and anyone else who feels unsafe downtown after the city’s police force was slashed, following the urging

Ben & Jerry’s

Ben & Jerry’s “dismantle the old system and build a new one that guarantees freedom and justice for all.”

“Thanks @benandjerrys for sharing the collective call of what to defund and what to fund!” tweeted Ben & Jerry’s board member Daryn Dodson at the time.

“We can’t continue to have women not wanting to work down here because they’re afraid,” said Kelly Devine, executive director of the BBA, told the Burlington Free Press.

“We can pretend this isn’t happening, but for the Burlington community and female workers it’s time to speak out,” Devine said. “To cut the police force by 30% with no alternative plan in place is a mistake.”

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