TITLE VII
SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, AND POLICE OFFICERS

CHAPTER 106-L
POLICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL

Section 106-L:3

    106-L:3 Police Standards and Training Council. –

[Paragraph I effective until January 1, 2023; see also paragraph I set out below.]


I. There is established a police standards and training council. It shall consist of the following members:
(a) Two members shall be chiefs of police in towns;
(b) Two members shall be chiefs of police in cities;
(c) Two members shall be county sheriffs;
(d) Two members shall be judges of courts with criminal jurisdiction;
(e) The chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire, or designee;
(f) The director of the division of state police, or designee;
(g) The attorney general, or designee;
(h) The commissioner of the department of corrections, or designee; and
(i) Two public members, neither of whom shall be a certified police officer, lawyer, or judge, and neither of whom shall have a spouse, sibling, or parent, by birth, adoption, or marriage, who is a certified police officer, lawyer, or judge.

[Paragraph I effective January 1, 2023; see also paragraph I set out above.]


I. There is established a police standards and training council. It shall consist of the following members:
(a) Two members shall be a chief of police in a town or for a university;
(b) Two members shall be chiefs of police in cities;
(c) Two members shall be county sheriffs;
(d) Two members shall be judges of courts with criminal jurisdiction;
(e) A professor from a New Hampshire college or university whose primary teaching responsibilities are in the field of criminal justice or similar course of study;
(f) A law enforcement officer of a town or city employed at a rank below lieutenant;
(g) The director of the division of state police, or designee;
(h) The attorney general, or designee;
(i) The commissioner of the department of corrections, or designee; and
(j) Four public members, none of whom shall be a certified police officer, lawyer, or judge, and none of whom shall have a spouse, sibling, or parent, by birth, adoption, or marriage, who is a certified police officer, lawyer, or judge.

[Paragraph II effective until January 1, 2023; see also paragraph II set out below.]


II. Except for the members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs I(e)-(h) who shall serve during their continuance in office, members of the council shall be appointed by the governor for terms of 2 years. No member shall serve beyond the time that the office or employment which qualified such member for appointment. Any vacancy on the council shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment is held. Persons filling vacancies shall be appointed to serve out the unexpired term and shall have the same qualifications for office as the member whose vacancy they are filling.

[Paragraph II effective January 1, 2023; see also paragraph II set out above.]


II. Except for the members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs I(g)-(i) who shall serve during their continuance in office, members of the council shall be appointed by the governor for terms of 2 years. No member shall serve beyond the time that the office or employment which qualified such member for appointment. Any vacancy on the council shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment is held. Persons filling vacancies shall be appointed to serve out the unexpired term and shall have the same qualifications for office as the member whose vacancy they are filling.
III. The governor shall designate a member to be the chairperson of the council, and the council shall elect annually its vice chairperson from among the members of the council.
IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute, ordinance, local law, or charter provision to the contrary and except as otherwise provided in subparagraph I(i) regarding qualification of public members, membership on the council shall not disqualify any member from holding any other public office or employment, or cause the forfeiture of any office or employment.
V. Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for any actual expenses incurred as a necessary incident to such service.
VI. The council shall hold no fewer than 4 regular meetings a year. The chairperson shall fix the times and places of meetings, either on the chairperson's own motion or upon written request of any 5 members of the council.
VII. The council shall report annually to the governor and executive council on its activities, and may make such other reports as it deems desirable.

Source. 2017, 206:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2017. 2022, 312:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.