After years of court battles, a secret list containing the names of more than 270 law enforcement officers with credibility issues is one step closer to public release.The State Senate previously passed the measure on a unanimous vote. Asked by.
CONCORD, NH The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday in favor of proposed legislation that would make public police disciplinary hearings before the Police Standards and Training Council and make public the confidential Laurie List of dishonest police.
State Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, introduced House Bill 471 and its recent amendment, congratulating everyone who worked on what she called a compromise to the controversial Laurie List issue.
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There was no mention that the amendment stems from confidential negotiations between ACLU-NH, Solicitor General Daniel Will and five of the news outlets involved in a public records lawsuit against the state seeking to make public the names of the 280 plus officers on the list. Only one news outlet, lead petitioner the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, opposed the compromise.
NH reacts to Chauvin’s convictions calling for racial justice here
By Nancy West - InDepthNH | Apr 21, 2021
Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, speaks during a news conference after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is convicted in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
New Hampshire’s reaction to the guilty verdicts for ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis was almost as fast on social media and via public statements as the single day it took for 12 jurors to convict him.
Some people in New Hampshire called for immediate police reform, chiding people such as Gov. Chris Sununu who insist there is no such thing as systemic racism here.