N.H. State Police

Staff Sergeant Jesse Sherill was killed while working an overnight detail during construction on Interstate 95 near Portsmouth.

The lawsuit is the second in three years to accuse State Police’s Mobile Enforcement Team of acting illegally during a vehicle stop.

The state has regulations meant to force problematic police officers out of the profession. But the case of former state trooper Haden Wilber exposes gaps in those rules.

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.