N.H. State Police

Consejo aprueba fondo para solventar costos de equipo para la policía estatal, incluyendo cámaras corporales. Vermont empieza ejecución de nueva ley de justicia ambiental. Estado no responde ante tiroteo en Texas, departamento de seguridad del estado sí.

Researchers have documented widespread racial bias in so-called pretextual or investigative stops, while noting that the vast majority of such stops don’t find evidence of a crime.

The crash killed Staff Sgt. Jesse Sherrill, a 19-year veteran of the New Hampshire State Police, while he worked a safety detail in a construction zone.

The practice can lead to racial disparities even when officers aren’t deliberately targeting drivers on the basis of race, researchers say. Because such stops are highly discretionary, implicit bias plays a bigger role.

It’s a legal but controversial tactic known as a pretextual stop, used often by the New Hampshire State Police Mobile Enforcement Team, or MET.

The state law enforcement agency previously declined to disclose those records, citing personnel privacy.

State Police fired Haden Wilber in 2021 after determining he violated multiple departmental policies and the state and federal constitutions during a 2017 case.

The hearing came in a right-to-know lawsuit filed by the ACLU of New Hampshire, which seeks the disciplinary records of former Trooper Haden Wilber.

The trooper pleaded guilty to three assault charges in 2016. As part of a negotiated plea agreement with the AG’s office, he accepted criminal responsibility for punching and kneeing the victim.

In a letter to Trooper Haden Wilber dated August 9, 2021, State Police Col. Nathan A. Noyes said he no longer trusted the trooper’s integrity.