RSA 106-O:2 Prohibited Acts.
Title: VII - SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, AND POLICE OFFICERS
Chapter: 106-O - RACIAL PROFILING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED
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.
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:
(a) Seeking to apprehend a suspect in response to a specific complaint or articulable basis that a crime has been committed; and
(b) There exists trustworthy and reliable information, relevant to the locality and time frame, that links a person to an identified criminal incident or