

If it’s an agency head that should lose access - such as a sheriff - the board will flip off the switch. The head of the agency that employs the person is primarily responsible for disabling that user’s Valcour account, but the governance board can also assist. The policies state that once the Vermont Crime Information Center - which regulates the state’s access to the National Crime Information Center - revokes a person’s permission to use that database, the person’s access to Valcour will also be suspended. They took effect immediately, said board chair Mark Anderson, who is the Windham County sheriff. Under the rules, other authorized users at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department can continue to use the national database and Valcour, but are barred from sharing the information with Grismore.Īt a meeting Wednesday morning, the Valcour Governance Board adopted a set of policies that outline when users should be blocked from the system. He has pleaded not guilty, and his prosecution continues.

Grismore had earlier lost access to the National Crime Information Center, a national criminal records database crucial to policing work, after he was charged with assaulting a man who’d been detained by the sheriff’s department last year. That same day, the sheriff was also barred from access to Valcour, the computer-aided dispatch and records management system used by police throughout the state. On Wednesday, the Vermont House took a key step in its plans to impeach him.

The troubles of Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore appear to be stacking up. Photo courtesy Franklin County Sheriff's Office
