police accountability and transparency

A police affidavit says Litchfield Chief Benjamin Sargent was accused of being drunk at home on New Year’s Eve 2021, calling a female employee and saying he had a crush on her.

The New Hampshire Center for Justice and Equity hosted the event, in association with NHPR and New Hampshire PBS.

El gobernador Chris Sununu presentó su propuesta de presupuesto estatal de casi $15 billones. Proponen premiar a ciudades y pueblos por construir más alojamiento. ACLU pide que récords personales de policías sean disponibles al público.

The case involves one specific public records request, but it poses a larger question: whether the public ever has a right to view internal police personnel files that document misconduct.

As crime rates in the state have fallen, the total number of police officers in New Hampshire has continued to rise steadily.

Nuevo libro infantil del DHHS busca crear conciencia sobre la intoxicación de plomo. Conferencia de líderes de fe discute soluciones ante crisis climática. Policía investiga incidente con arma en Concord.

La segunda parte de Laurie List se publicará esta semana. 11 centros estatales de vacunación cierran sus operaciones. Centro de salud mental de Manchester busca fondos para expandirse.

Requests for personnel and budget records were sent to every police department in New Hampshire. Here's how departments responded.

A Maine woman was falsely accused of having drugs on her person when she was taken into custody. She was held for 13 days and underwent an invasive body-cavity search.

In New Hampshire, if a complaint is filed against an officer or department, often their own police chief will look into it. But a new committee is exploring whether the state should standardize police misconduct.