RSA 106-O:2 · Prohibited Acts

106-O:2 Prohibited Acts. –

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I.

No state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency or officer, or other state agency with the authority to make arrests, shall engage in racial profiling.

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II.

Nothing in paragraph I shall be interpreted to prohibit a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency from relying on physical descriptions, including sex, race, ethnicity, color, and disability, to select a person to subject to investigatory activity or determine the scope, substance, or duration of investigation when:

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(a)

Seeking to apprehend a suspect in response to a specific complaint or articulable basis that a crime has been committed; and

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(b)

There exists trustworthy and reliable information, relevant to the locality and time frame, that links a person to an identified criminal incident or scheme. Source. 2024, 320:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.

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