Dave Silberman - A Civilian for High Bailiff of Addison County

The High Bailiff is the one person in each county authorized to arrest the sheriff on state warrants.


Electing a person to ensure that the sheriff cannot violate the law with impunity puts the state’s police power under civilian oversight. This serves as a crucial failsafe, securing our rights as members of a democratic society. It is a concrete example of “power to the people”.


But recently, the High Bailiff office has been seen by members of the law enforcement community as something like “sheriff in waiting”, and the people have ceded oversight of the law enforcement community to the law enforcement community itself.


I’m running for High Bailiff because the position was designed to put the sheriff’s office under independent, civilian oversight. As a passionate advocate for criminal justice and drug police reform, I’m also looking forward to visiting, virtually or in person, with as many of our Addison County neighbors as possible in the coming months, to talk about how, together, we can reform Vermont’s criminal justice system so that it delivers more justice and greater safety, without busting state’s budget.


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