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NH Rev Stat § 105-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 105-D - Body-Worn Cameras|Section 105-D:1 - Definitions.

    105-D:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Body-worn camera" or "BWC" means an electronic camera system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be worn about the person of a law enforcement officer.||II. "Community caretaking function" means a task undertaken by a law enforcement officer in which the officer is performing an articulable act unrelated to the investigation of a crime. It includes, but is not limited to, participating in town halls or other community outreach, helping a child find his or her parents, providing death notifications, dealing with individuals asking for directions or other assistance, and performing in-home or hospital well-being checks on the sick, elderly, or persons presumed missing.||III. "In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is visibly wearing articles of clothing, a badge, tactical gear, gun belt, a patch, or other insignia that he or she is a law enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her duties.||IV. "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person employed by a law enforcement agency.||V. "Law enforcement agency" or "agency" means a state, county, municipality, special district, security service or police of the community college system of New Hampshire and the university system of New Hampshire, security service of the legislative or judicial branch, unit of local government police department or any other entity authorized by law to employ law enforcement officers or exercise police authority.||VI. "Law enforcement-related encounters or activities" include, but are not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian stops, arrests, searches, interrogations, investigations, pursuits, crowd control, traffic control, non-community caretaking interactions with an individual while on patrol, or any other instance in which the officer is enforcing the laws of the municipality, county, or state. The term does not include:||(a) Activities when the officer is completing paperwork alone or is in the presence of another law enforcement officer or officers; or||(b) Community caretaking functions.||VII. "Recording" means the process of capturing data or information stored on a recording medium.||VIII. "Recording medium" means any recording medium for the retention and playback of recorded audio and video including, but not limited to, VHS, DVD, hard drive, cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology, or any other electronic medium.||IX. "Subject of the recording" means any law enforcement officer or any suspect, victim, detainee, conversant, injured party, witness, or other similarly situated person who appears on the recording, and shall not include people who only incidentally appear on the recording.|||Source. 2016, 322:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 105-D:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 105-D - Body-Worn Cameras|Section 105-D:2-a - Statewide Entity to Receive Complaints Alleging Misconduct Regarding Sworn and Elected Law Enforcement Officers; Commission Established.

    105-D:2-a Statewide Entity to Receive Complaints Alleging Misconduct Regarding Sworn and Elected Law Enforcement Officers;  Commission Established. –||I. There is hereby established a commission to develop recommendations for legislation to establish a single, neutral, and independent statewide entity to receive complaints alleging misconduct regarding all sworn and elected law enforcement officers pursuant to recommendation #16 in the final report issued by the New Hampshire commission on law enforcement accountability, community and transparency. The commission shall be composed of the following members:||(a) The attorney general, or designee, who shall be the chairperson of the commission.||(b) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.||(c) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.||(d) The director of the New Hampshire police standards and training council, or designee.||(e) The commissioner of safety, or designee.||(f) Four additional members from the New Hampshire commission on law enforcement accountability, community and transparency established in Executive Order 2020-11, appointed by the attorney general. Two of these members shall be law enforcement members and 2 of these members shall not be law enforcement members.||II. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.||III. The chairperson of the commission shall call the first meeting within 30 days of the effective date of this section. Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.||IV. The commission shall submit a report containing its recommendations for legislation to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the state library no later than November 1, 2021.|||Source. 2021, 91:150, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 105-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 105-D - Body-Worn Cameras|Section 105-D:3 - Body-Worn and Dashboard Camera Fund.

    105-D:3 Body-Worn and Dashboard Camera Fund. –||I. There is hereby established the body-worn and dashboard camera fund within the department of safety for the purpose of encouraging local law enforcement agencies to equip officers with body-worn cameras and agency vehicles with dashboard cameras. All moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the department of safety.||II. (a) The fund shall provide matching grants to local law enforcement agencies to assist agencies with the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of body-worn and dashboard cameras and ongoing costs related to the maintenance and storage of data recorded by body-worn and dashboard cameras.||(b) The commissioner of the department of safety may also use the fund to pay for the classified position of business administrator I established in the department of safety, division of administration.||III. All local law enforcement agencies shall be eligible to apply for grants from the fund.||IV. The fund shall be overseen by the commissioner of the department of safety and the attorney general who shall, within 180 days of the effective date of this section, jointly establish a process for the application for matching grants from the fund. Such process shall be established in rules adopted jointly by the commissioner of safety and attorney general in accordance with RSA 541-A.||V. The commissioner of the department of safety may charge administrative costs related to this section to the fund.|||Source. 2021, 91:144, eff. July 1, 2021 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:2 - Division of State Police.

    106-B:2 Division of State Police. –||There shall be a division of state police within the department of safety as provided in RSA 21-P:7.|||Source. 1937, 134:3. RL 145:2. RSA 106:2. 1961, 166:4. 1987, 124:7, eff. July 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:2-a - Forensic Science Laboratory.

    106-B:2-a Forensic Science Laboratory. –||The commissioner of the department of safety may establish, equip, and operate a forensic science laboratory with such expert assistants and such facilities as are necessary to support the investigatory, analytical, and enforcement functions of the state criminal, motor vehicle, hazardous waste, and other public safety laws.|||Source. 2003, 319:89, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:3 - Repealed by 1987, 124:26, III, eff. July 1, 1987.

    106-B:3 Repealed by 1987, 124:26, III, eff. July 1, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:4 - Ranks and Qualifications; Establishment.

    106-B:4 Ranks and Qualifications;  Establishment. –||The director of state police shall hold the rank of colonel. Within the division of state police there shall be not less than one major, 2 field officers with the rank of captain, 7 troop commanders with the rank of lieutenant, and 7 assistant troop commanders with the rank of sergeant. Every police employee shall have had not less than 2 years' service within the division to become eligible for promotion of any type except from probationary status to trooper. No member of the division shall be eligible for promotion in any event unless his or her record is free from the commission of any major infraction of divisional discipline within the last 7 consecutive years of such service. In addition to the foregoing, the personnel commission, with the advice of the director, shall establish suitable classification for additional grades, positions and ranks and for each classification shall fix standards of health, education, training and experience, as well as the conduct and manner of taking of competitive examinations for promotion within the division.|||Source. 1937, 134:5. RL 145:4. RSA 106:5. 1961, 166:4. 1963, 157:1. 2011, 37:1, eff. May 9, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:5 - Director's Authority.

    106-B:5 Director's Authority. –||I. Any police employee may be suspended, discharged, or demoted by the director for cause, with the approval of the commissioner of safety, but shall be entitled to a public hearing before discharge or demotion, but not suspension, if he or she so requests in writing addressed to the director not later than 10 days after notice of said discharge or demotion.||II. The director may place any police employee on administrative leave with pay for purposes of conducting an administrative review of incidents involving the use of deadly or non-deadly force as defined in RSA 627:9 or if the employee was involved in a critical incident. "Critical incident" means any situation faced by an employee in the line of duty that has the potential to interfere with his or her ability to perform his or her duties. "Critical incidents" include injuries to the employee, death of a coworker, mass casualty incidents, or an incident involving the death of a child.|||Source. 1937, 134:6. RL 145:5. RSA 106:6. 1961, 166:4. 2010, 334:1, eff. July 20, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:6 - Training Facilities and Requirements.

    106-B:6 Training Facilities and Requirements. –||The director shall, with the approval of the commissioner of safety, under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, arrange for the training of department employees and the availability of such training facilities as may be developed to any local governmental unit within the state.|||Source. 1937, 134:7. RL 145:6. RSA 106:7. 1961, 166:4. 1987, 124:9, eff. July 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:7 - Rulemaking Power; Employees.

    106-B:7 Rulemaking Power;  Employees. –||I. The director may, with the approval of the commissioner of safety, adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) The efficient administration of this chapter and reasonable prohibitions on the resale, rental, unauthorized disclosure, abuse, or misuse of criminal record and fingerprinting checks obtained from the division;||(b) Reasonable fees to cover criminal record and fingerprinting checks conducted by the division pursuant to RSA 106-B:14, I, which fees shall be paid by the requesting individual or public or private agency not otherwise prohibited from receiving such criminal record and fingerprinting checks; and||(c) The administration of RSA 169-E:2-a, regarding the operation of the statewide hotline for missing children.||II. Notwithstanding RSA 106-B:10 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the fees collected pursuant to RSA 106-B:7, I(b) shall be credited to a special nonlapsing account by the department of administrative services for the department of safety to cover the expenses of staffing the criminal records section, maintaining and updating the database, and conducting such checks. Such fees shall not be deposited in the general fund. No funds from this account shall be transferred or used to cover any costs of the permits and licensing unit of the division of state police.||III. The director may, within the limits of the appropriation for the division, employ such civilian employees as may be necessary and determine their duties, and provide such resources as may be necessary. The director may require any such employee to give bond.||IV. The director may provide criminal record information in electronic form once the division has the technological capability to do so.|||Source. 1937, 134:8. RL 145:7. RSA 106:8. 1961, 166:4. 1983, 459:1. 1987, 21:2. 1991, 323:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. 2015, 153:1, eff. Sept. 10, 2015. 2018, 242:3, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:8 - Divisional Uniforms and Equipment.

    106-B:8 Divisional Uniforms and Equipment. –||With the approval of the commissioner, the director shall provide for employees uniforms and equipment necessary to the performance of their duties, but all such property shall remain the property of the state. All employees of the division of state police when in uniform shall wear an identical uniform except in respect to such markings as may be utilized to indicate rank. The director may sell such uniforms and equipment as shall have become damaged, obsolete or otherwise unserviceable and all moneys received therefor shall be paid into the state treasury. He shall maintain an inventory and shall charge against each employee the value of the property of the division issued to such employee. If it shall be determined by the director that any loss or destruction of such property was due to carelessness or neglect on the part of such employee, the value of such property shall be paid for by such employee and the amount thereof may be deducted from such employee's pay.|||Source. 1937, 134:9. RL 145:8. RSA 106:9. 1961, 166:4, eff. July 1, 1962.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:9 - Per Diem Reimbursement for Expenses.

    106-B:9 Per Diem Reimbursement for Expenses. –||The director may, with the approval of the commissioner, under rules adopted under RSA 541-A, establish a per diem rate of payment in lieu of reimbursement for expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties for all employees of the state police who are regularly assigned to field work in either a patrol or investigatory capacity. Employees regularly assigned either to troop headquarters or to the central administrative offices shall not be entitled to such per diem payment. The director may authorize the payment of said expenses monthly, from funds appropriated to the division of state police, provided, however, said payment shall include reimbursement only for those days actually worked in each month. The director, prior to authorizing any such payments, shall, with the approval of the commissioner, submit to the commissioner of administrative services lists of all employees for whom such payments are authorized by him, which shall include, for each such employee, his classification and duty assignment, and the specific type and kind of expenses for which he is being reimbursed. He shall, with the approval of the commissioner, submit to the commissioner of administrative services, at like time and in like manner and detail, any deletions or additions to said lists.|||Source. 1937, 134:10. RL 145:9. RSA 106:10. 1961, 166:4. 1973, 521:1. 1974, 40:35. 1985, 399:3, I. 1987, 124:10, eff. July 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:10 - Disposition of Fees.

    106-B:10 Disposition of Fees. –||Any fee for the performance of an act in line of duty or reward for the apprehension or conviction of any person, for the recovery of any property, received by or payable to an employee, shall be paid by him to the director of motor vehicles who shall immediately forward the same to the state treasurer.|||Source. 1937, 134:11. 1939, 198:1. 1941, 152:1. RL 145:10. 1949, 94:1, 2. 1951, 163:12. RSA 106:11. 1955, 120:11. 1961, 166:4. 1967, 182:1. 1983, 383:14, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:11 - Cooperation With Other Police Forces.

    106-B:11 Cooperation With Other Police Forces. –||The director and employees shall cooperate and exchange information with any other law enforcement agency both within and without this state, including federal authorities, for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime and apprehending criminals and detecting and stopping vehicles transporting hazardous materials contrary to the rules promulgated by the commissioner of safety and pursuant to RSA 106-B:15. With the approval of the commissioner of safety, the director may, on the request of any responsible official of any such agency, assist such official by detailing to him such police employees, for such length of time and under such conditions as the director may deem proper. The director may designate for liaison with the offices of the respective county attorneys or sheriff such number of state police employees as he may deem advisable for each county.|||Source. 1937, 134:12. RL 145:11. RSA 106:12. 1961, 166:4. 1979, 344:3, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:12 - Authority and Duties of Police Employees.

    106-B:12 Authority and Duties of Police Employees. –||Police employees shall be ex-officiis constables throughout the state. They shall have statewide authority to enforce all provisions of RSA title XXI relative to motor vehicle laws and the regulations relative to the transportation of hazardous materials, pursuant to RSA 106-A:18 and RSA 106-B:15. The director, division of state police, shall report to the director, division of motor vehicles, all violations of and prosecutions under the motor vehicle laws. Police employees shall have general power to enforce all criminal laws of the state and to serve criminal processes and make arrests, under proper warrants, in all counties. They shall not serve civil processes. No police employee shall act, be used or called upon for service within any town in any industrial dispute unless actual violence has occurred therein, and then only upon order of the governor. When any police employee shall apprehend any person who has committed or attempted to commit a felony the director shall immediately make a report to the attorney and the sheriff of the county and the chief of police of the municipality in which the offense was, or was suspected of being, committed and such cases shall be investigated and prosecuted by said county officials with the cooperation of said police employees.|||Source. 1937, 134:13. RL 145:12. RSA 106:13. 1961, 166:4. 1967, 182:2. 1979, 344:4, eff. Aug. 21, 1979. 2017, 199:2, eff. Sept. 3, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:13 - Power to Take Identification Data.

    106-B:13 Power to Take Identification Data. –||The employees shall have authority to take fingerprints and, in addition thereto, such identification data as shall be prescribed by the director of all persons taken into custody by them in the discharge of their duties.|||Source. 1937, 134:14. RL 145:13. RSA 106:14. 1961, 166:4, eff. July 1, 1962.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:14-a - Intrastate Misdemeanors Recorded.

    106-B:14-a Intrastate Misdemeanors Recorded. –||The division of state police shall record and update on its computer system on a daily basis the names of all persons for whom there are outstanding arrest warrants for misdemeanors in this state, along with a statement of all arrest warrants for misdemeanors each person has pending. The information recorded shall be made available upon request to all local and state law enforcement agencies and officers. The department of safety and its employees and agents shall not be held liable for errors of omission or commission in the recording and maintenance of this information unless the error is shown to be the result of gross negligence or an intentional act.|||Source. 1988, 228:1, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 106-B:14-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title VII - Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers|Title 106-B - The State Police|Section 106-B:14-b - Intrastate Civil and Criminal Non-Support Recorded.

    106-B:14-b Intrastate Civil and Criminal Non-Support Recorded. –||The division of state police, or its designee, may record and update on its computer system on a daily basis the name of any person for whom there is an outstanding arrest warrant or capias issued for criminal or civil non-support, including failure to appear in connection with child support enforcement proceedings. The information recorded shall be made available upon request to all local and state law enforcement agencies and officers. The department of safety and its employees, agents, and designees shall not be held liable for errors of omission or commission in the recording and maintenance of this information unless the error is shown to be the result of gross negligence or an intentional act.|||Source. 2000, 150:1, eff. July 22, 2000.|