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Cops & Cars Antique Car Show Returning to Town Common

The Burlington Police Department is set to once again fill the Town Common with antique cars for a day of fun and for a chance for residents to meet with police officers.

After a two year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Cops and Cars event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 11 with a rain date of Sunday, June 12 in the Town Center.

When seeking permission to use the common at a Select Board meeting, Retired Police Sgt. Bernie Schipelliti, who is organizing the event, provided some background details.

“It’s a classic car show and members of the Police Department attend and interact with car owners and the people who are there to look at the cars,” he said. “The idea is pretty simple – police have been involved with cars for a long time one way or another, either in them or chasing them. Not that we chase them too often these days but police work involves cars. So we want to have an antique car show that will include old cruisers, which most people never get to see.”

Cops and Cars is a national program and the first time it was held here in Burlington was in 2019.

“​​We were looking to do it again in 2020 and 2021 but unfortunately due to the events that were ongoing it just couldn’t happen,” Schipelliti explained. “Now that things are opening up again we want to get back on track and have this show back on the Common.”

There is a small fee for anyone looking to have their car in the show and all proceeds from the event will be donated to People Helping People and the Burlington Food Pantry and the organization’s other charity works in town.