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Advocates Want Police Discipline Hearings Open
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Police disciplinary hearings before the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council need to be public, according to advocates testifying in Concord on Monday.
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Police disciplinary hearings before the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council need to be public, according to advocates testifying in Concord on Monday.
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It appears that police departments in New Hampshire are cutting motorists some slack over the hands-free driving law. The state statute passed July 1st prohibits all use of hand-held cell phones, GPS units and other devices while driving, except in emergencies. Since the law went into effect, Dover police have stopped 214 cars and given out 25 summonses. That figure is lower in Portsmouth, where police have cited only three drivers from the 93 motorists stopped. State police in Troop A, based in Epping, have summonses over half the 414 drivers stopped.