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Criminal Justice Reform

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States, cities rethink use of police traffic stops as investigatory tool

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States, cities rethink use of police traffic stops as investigatory tool

It’s a common tactic: a police officer gets a hunch about a vehicle, uses a minor traffic violation to pull it over and questions the driver about their travels, checking out suspicions that have nothing to do with traffic safety. In states around the country, officials are reconsidering whether it’s a good idea. It’s unclear if New Hampshire safety officials are following suit.

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Examining racial bias when police make stops based on suspicions

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Examining racial bias when police make stops based on suspicions

N.H. State Trooper Haden Wilber was stationed on Interstate 95 in Hampton one afternoon in February 2019 when he began following a car he found suspicious, a Toyota Camry with tinted windows and Connecticut plates.

“The vehicle had drawn my attention to it due to how clean it was, given the age of the vehicle and current weather conditions in New England,” Wilber wrote in a police report.

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‘Why did I get stopped?’ -- State police use minor traffic violations to search for drugs

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‘Why did I get stopped?’ -- State police use minor traffic violations to search for drugs

Michael Vazquez didn’t know why a New Hampshire state trooper was pulling him over one afternoon in August 2018. He’d been driving his BMW on Interstate 93 in Salem, doing the speed limit.

Trooper Michael Arteaga told Vazquez he was tailgating another vehicle. But he had other reasons for the stop.

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Judge says State Police records on fired trooper should be made public 

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Judge says State Police records on fired trooper should be made public 

A judge has ordered N.H. State Police to release personnel records about a former state trooper fired for misconduct, holding that the public has a “substantial” interest in knowing more about his actions and how the agency investigated him.

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Fired State Trooper fights to get his job back

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Fired State Trooper fights to get his job back

Fighting to get his job back, a former state trooper fired for misconduct admitted Wednesday to illegally searching civilians’ phones, mishandling physical evidence and writing a deficient arrest report, but adamantly denied lying about it during an internal-affairs investigation.