Essex County Sheriff Trevor Colby has found himself increasingly at odds with Vermont’s law enforcement leadership.

Scott Garvey, 55, moved to Vermont hoping to find better mental health care. A week after he arrived in Putney, he was shot and killed by state police while in the midst of a mental health crisis.

This story was updated at 5:05 p.m. on March 22, 2016. A Burlington police officer fatally shot a distraught 76-year-old man after a lengthy standoff at his College Street apartment on Monday night, ...