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Part 2 of a three-part series on NH crime data.
New Hampshire may soon join the growing number of states that keep a comprehensive record of how police interact with their communities, but leaders of the state’s law enforcement community have cited several obstacles to collecting and reporting better data.
State arrest data and incarceration rates already show Black and Hispanic people face disparity from the criminal justice system. On average, each group is arrested and incarcerated at higher rates than their relative populations.
Senate Bill 96, an omnibus bill, would implement a number of policy recommendations made by the state Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency last August. Portions of the bill would require law enforcement agencies to collect, analyze and publish race, ethnicity and gender data for all police stops, citations and arrests.
It was early 1984, and the Concord (N.H.) Fire Department was looking to hire paramedics. Sandy Hillsgrove heard of the opportunity from a classmate at New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI). She’d done some ride time with the department and had once had a memorable altercation there with a colleague.
He was smoking and thought it would be funny to blow smoke in her face. Disgusted by his crudeness, Hillsgrove grabbed him by the front of his shirt and told him, “If you ever do that again, I will take that cigarette and shove it up your ass.” He took a couple of steps back, mouth hanging. His cohorts from work and Hillsgrove’s classmates stood with mouths agape. A moment passed, then in unison: “Way to go, Sandy!”
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Brentwood police chief announces departure
By Kathleen D. Bailey
BRENTWOOD – Ellen Arcieri is nearing the end of her term as Brentwood s police chief.
Selectmen accepted her resignation in a nonpublic session during its Jan. 19 meeting. Arcieri is leaving to take a position leading a Drug Task Force team with the New Hampshire attorney general s office.
Arcieri was sworn in Jan. 30, 2018, after the retirement of longtime Chief Wayne Robinson. Her goal at the time was to make Brentwood New Hampshire s premier police department.
In a statement by the board announcing her resignation, they credited Arcieri with rebuilding the department after dealing with staff shortages early on.
A poll released Monday shows the former presidential candidate as the early Democratic front-runner.
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FILE - Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks at Our Rights, Our Courts forum New Hampshire Technical Institute s Concord Community College, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in Concord, N.H. Author: TEGNA Updated: 4:52 PM EST December 23, 2020
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has filed paperwork to run for mayor of New York City, according to multiple reports.
A poll released Monday by Public Policy Polling shows Yang leading a crowded Democratic primary field with 17% support followed by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams with 16%. Everyone else in the field was in single digits while 40% of respondents said they were not sure or wanted someone else.