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Scott Traudt thought he had a leg up getting confidential Lebanon police records that he believes contain evidence of misconduct after the state Supreme Court recently overturned two cases involving a 1993 ruling that had seriously limited public access to such records until then.
Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has ended his controversial day-to-day supervision of the criminal law enforcement functions in the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office
In one year, the list of dishonest law enforcement officers in New Hampshire has grown from 153 redacted names to 258.
The president of the New Hampshire Troopers Association said there would be “unintended consequences” of opening an entire police personnel file to the public.
“The records you have requested pertain to an ongoing law enforcement proceeding,” according to Tink Cooper, acting chief of the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Branch in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
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.