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New Hampshire Senate votes to make police list public Modified: 4/29/2021 10:31:52 PM CONCORD — New Hampshire’s secret list of roughly 270 police officers with credibility issues would be made public under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate. The so-called “Laurie list” tracks officers whose credibility may be called into question during a trial because of something in their personnel records. Prosecutors are required to turn the information over to defendants before trial, but public access has been limited to heavily redacted versions of the list. While the attorney general�...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's secret list of roughly 270 police officers with credibility issues would be made public under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate. The so-called "Laurie list" tracks officers whose credibility may be called into question during a trial because of something in their personnel records. Prosecutors are required to turn the information over to defendants before trial, but public access has been limited to heavily redacted versions of the list.  While the attorney general's office and law enforcement unions traditionally have opposed the list's releas...

NH Business Review But is it enough to keep rural towns from getting left behind? April 29, 2021 Some 5% of New Hampshire residents live in an area without broadband, and 10% of households don’t have an internet subscription. Kara Toms had never worried about having high-speed internet in her Meriden home, but when the pandemic hit, her teenage children suddenly depended on the connection to attend their high school classes. At one point both Toms and her husband were working remotely – she’s a mental health counselor and he’s an engineer – but their DSL connection was not up to the...

NH senate passes bill to make secret police list public HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s secret list of roughly 270 police officers with credibility issues would be made public under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate. The so-called “Laurie list” tracks officers whose credibility may be called into question during a trial because of something in their personnel records. Prosecutors are required to turn the information over to defendants before trial, but public access has been limited to heavily redacted versions of the l...

Area law enforcement officials urge more mental-health resources Published: 4/28/2021 3:09:37 PM In a broad discussion of potential policing reforms Monday night, elected officials and law enforcement authorities from the Monadnock Region called for greater investment in mental health care while also sparring over issues of police accountability. State Sen. Jay Kahn, D-Keene, moderated the virtual town hall, which came as New Hampshire lawmakers are drafting the state’s 2022-23 budget and after some have been accused of weakening reforms that a state panel on policing recommended last summe...