New Hampshire § 106-O:2 Prohibited Acts

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 106-O:2 — Prohibited Acts

New Hampshire § 106-O:2

Title VIISHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, AND POLICE OFFICERS

Ch. 106-ORACIAL PROFILING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 106-O:2 (2026).

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I. No state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency or officer, or other state agency with the authority to make arrests, shall engage in racial profiling. II. Nothing in paragraph I shall be interpreted to prohibit a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency from relying on physical descriptions, including sex, race, ethnicity, color, and disability, to select a person to subject to investigatory activity or determine the scope, substance, or duration of investigation when:

(a)Seeking to apprehend a suspect in response to a specific complaint or articulable basis that a crime has been committed; and

(b)There exists trustworthy and reliable information, relevant to the locality and time frame, that links a person to an identified criminal incident or scheme.

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I. No state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency or officer, or other state agency with the authority to make arrests, shall engage in racial profiling.
II. Nothing in paragraph I shall be interpreted to prohibit a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency from relying on physical descriptions, including sex, race, ethnicity, color, and disability, to select a person to subject to investigatory activity or determine the scope, substance, or duration of investigation when:
(a) Seeking to apprehend a suspect in response to a specific complaint or articulable basis that a crime has been committed; and
(b) There exists trustworthy and reliable information, relevant to the locality and time frame, that links a person to an identified criminal incident or scheme.

Legislative History

2024, 320:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.

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