Courts & Corrections
Public Police Discipline Bill Passes Judiciary Committee
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State Rep. Paul Berch, D-Westmoreland, a retired public defender who sponsored the measure, said House Bill 153 passed Tuesday on a vote of 16-3.
OPINION: HB 153 will make some police disciplinary records public
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If passed, the bill would make some police disciplinary records public when the officer has discharged his weapon, or was found guilty of sexual assault or dishonesty.
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NH Troopers Assoc. Opposes Bill To Open Police Discipline Files
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The president of the New Hampshire Troopers Association said there would be “unintended consequences” of opening an entire police personnel file to the public.
Dishonest Police
Secret Dishonest Police List Adds 81 Names; Manchester, Nashua Not Fully Reporting
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List includes officers who have engaged in misconduct that calls into question their truthfulness. Their names are redacted and ACLU-NH and news outlets are suing the state to make the names public.
ACLU-NH, InDepthNH.org Fight To Release Secret List of Dishonest NH Police
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Solicitor General Daniel E. Will said state law mandates the list be confidential.
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Contracts Reveal Chiefs Routinely Purge Discipline From Police Personnel Files
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Yet another twist to the Laurie List controversy.
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Three Unidentified Officers Removed from Secret ‘Laurie List’ Under New Protocol
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CONCORD – Three law enforcement names have been removed from New Hampshire’s secretive list of 171 officers with credibility, excessive force or mental instability issues since Attorney General Gordon MacDonald announced the new removal protocol on April 30.
Nevada Passes Modest Measures to Curb Prosecutorial Misconduct
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Two Nevada laws designed to counter bad behavior by state prosecutors, or at least give some defendants the ability to undo troubling plea agreements, passed last week, although one was substantially gutted under pressure from prosecutors and police.
Death of ‘Laurie’ List Legislation Disappoints Rochester Police Officer
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Rochester Police Officer John Gantert — who is out $20,000 from his unsuccessful attempt to remove his name from the secret “Laurie” list of potentially dishonest cops — is upset that legislation that would have protected law enforcement is now dead in the water.