New Hampshire has advanced some police, racial justice reforms in the past year
Modified: 4/22/2021 10:02:57 PM
CONCORD Nearly a year after George Floyd’s killing, efforts to enact police and racial justice reforms in New Hampshire are moving forward, with some exceptions.
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu created a law enforcement accountability commission last summer, and many of its recommendations have been implemented via executive order, including overhauling the state’s police training standards, requiring state troopers to wear body cameras and establishing a public integrity unit within the state’s Department of Justice.
Earlier this month, the Senate approved a bill implementing other recommendations, such as creating a matching fund to pay for police body cameras and requiring agreements between school districts and school resource officers to be made public. But the Senate, which is led by Republicans, removed requirements in the bill to include racial identificat
Some police, racial justice reforms advance
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