Title VII, Sheriffs, Constables, and Police Officers

The authority of any duly authorized certified police officer of a municipality located near the border of a neighboring state shall extend to any other municipality in the other state also located near such border, provided that the chief law enforcement officer of the requestin…

I. Exculpatory evidence in a police personnel file of a police officer who is serving as a witness in any criminal case shall be disclosed to the defendant. The duty to disclose exculpatory evidence that should have been disclosed prior to trial under this paragraph is an ongoing…

I. The department of justice may voluntarily maintain an exculpatory evidence schedule. The exculpatory evidence schedule shall consist of a list of all current or former law enforcement officers whose personnel information contain potentially exculpatory evidence. Subject to the…

I. For the purposes of this section, "misconduct" means assault, sexual assault, bribery, fraud, theft, tampering with evidence, tampering with a witness, use of a chokehold, or excessive and illegal use of force as defined by the New Hampshire criminal code. II. It shall be the …

Such appointment shall be made in writing, under the hands of the selectmen, and recorded, with a certificate of the oath of office thereon, by the town clerk.

Subject to such written formal policies as may be adopted by the appointing authority, each chief of police, superintendent of police, or city marshal of any city or town who is appointed rather than elected, shall have authority to direct and control all employees of his or her …

All police officers are, by virtue of their appointment, constables and conservators of the peace. They shall receive such compensation as may be voted by the town, and the same fees as constables.

I. Every police officer, while on active duty, shall wear on his uniform in a clearly visible place a name tag printed with his name. The tag shall be furnished to the officer by the state or political subdivision thereof which employs the officer at no cost to the officer. II. T…

The selectmen, or superintendent under their direction, may employ police officers in the detection and conviction of criminals and the prevention of crime in their town, and in the preservation of order on public or special occasions.

The police officers of a town may make regulations for the stand of hacks, drays, public automobiles, and carts, in any street, lane, or alley; for the height and position of any awning, shade, or fixture in front of or near a building; and respecting any obstruction in any stree…

Such regulations shall not take effect until they have been approved by the selectmen, and, together with such approval, have been recorded by the town clerk, nor until they have been published in some newspaper printed in the town, or, if there be none, until they have been post…

If a person violates any such regulation he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

I. Any person desiring to conduct a public dance, circus or carnival shall make application for police attendance at that function. Any person who conducts a public dance, circus, or carnival without first making application for police attendance at that function is guilty of a v…

The chief of police in any city or town may, in order to meet the requirements set forth in RSA 105:9, employ certified police officers of any other town in this state to preserve order among the persons attending any public meeting or function. Such officers shall have the power…