504-A:12 Powers and Duties of Probation or Parole Officers. –
The powers and duties of probation or parole officers shall be:
I. To serve as officers of the court and to investigate at the request of any court, the parole board, or the commissioner any case, matter, or question, whether pending or not, and to report the results of such investigation with recommendations to the authority which ordered the investigation.
II. To take charge of and to provide supervision to persons placed on probation, parole, or lifetime supervision, attempting to assist them in establishing law-abiding lives while monitoring their behavior through office, home, work, and other contacts to insure that they comply with their probation, parole, or lifetime supervision conditions.
III. To report promptly to the appropriate court or the parole board violations of probation or parole conditions which are required by statute, the parole board, or the court or which, in the opinion of the officer, are serious enough to warrant consideration by the authority authorizing probation or parole. Such reports shall include recommendations as to any actions which the officer believes to be appropriate.
IV. To arrest expeditiously or cause to be arrested any probationer or parolee against whom any arrest warrant or capias has been issued by any authority.
V. To arrest expeditiously or cause to be arrested any probationer or parolee in accordance with RSA 504-A:4-6.
VI. To collect or to supervise the collection of any fees, fines, or restitution payments ordered and to administratively process these funds under rules adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner.
VII. To enforce the criminal laws, including the power of arrest; provided that this authority shall be limited to times when such officers:
(a) Are transporting a probationer or parolee.
(b) Are attempting to apprehend or arrest a probationer or parolee under any of the powers granted under this chapter.
(c) Are exercising authority over non-probationers or non-parolees pursuant to RSA 627.
VIII. To carry firearms, subject to written procedures adopted by the commissioner.