Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 106-L:3 - Police Standards and Training CouncilI. There is established a police standards and training council. It shall consist of the following members:(a) Two members shall be a chief of police in a town or for a university;(b) Two members shall be chiefs of police in cities;(c) Two members shall be county sheriffs;(d) Two members shall be judges of courts with criminal jurisdiction;(e) A professor from a New Hampshire college or university whose primary teaching responsibilities are in the field of criminal justice or similar course of study;(f) A law enforcement officer of a town or city employed at a rank below lieutenant;(g) The director of the division of state police, or designee;(h) The attorney general, or designee;(i) The commissioner of the department of corrections, or designee; and(j) Four public members, none of whom shall be a certified police officer, lawyer, or judge, and none of whom shall have a spouse, sibling, or parent, by birth, adoption, or marriage, who is a certified police officer, lawyer, or judge.II. Except for the members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs I(g)-(i) who shall serve during their continuance in office, members of the council shall be appointed by the governor for terms of 2 years. No member shall serve beyond the time that the office or employment which qualified such member for appointment. Any vacancy on the council shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment is held. Persons filling vacancies shall be appointed to serve out the unexpired term and shall have the same qualifications for office as the member whose vacancy they are filling.Amended by 2022 , 312: 3, eff. 1/1/2023.Added by 2017 , 206: 1, eff. 9/8/2017.