Last year, New Hampshire State Police fired a state trooper after determining he had illegally searched someone’s phone without a warrant and made false statements to investigators. The head of the agency declared his credibility “beyond repair.”
ACLU sues State Police for records of ex-trooper’s ‘apparent misconduct’
In a new lawsuit, the ACLU of New Hampshire accuses the New Hampshire State Police of wrongly shielding the misconduct records of a former state trooper related to a 2017 vehicle-stop.
In that case, a Maine woman, Robyn White, was falsely accused of having drugs on her person when she was taken into custody. She was held for 13 days, before an invasive body-cavity search confirmed she did not possess any drugs.
In Portsmouth police reforms, some see 'model' for other communities
On Tuesday, the Portsmouth Police Commission voted unanimously to have the city’s police department start collecting data on every police stop of a civilian — not just those that result in a written warning, citation or arrest.
The decision comes after a proposal to require similar data collection by all police departments in New Hampshire failed in the State House earlier this year.
Police misconduct commission passes recommendations to legislature, but members divided on details
Darnell Hill was driving down Route 202 around midnight last August when he was pulled over for speeding.
During the stop, Officer Luis Berdecia of the Henniker Police Department, told Hill that he had another car to pull over. He instructed Hill to follow him. Hill, who is Black, was to pull over once they caught up to the second car.