Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency
Established by Executive Order 2020-11 on June 16, 2020
Submit Testimony to the Commission
Please note that all emails sent to this address, including attached documents or other media, are considered public and will be included on the website, as part of the written testimony considered by the Commission.
- Email: LEACT@doj.nh.gov
LEACT Recommendations - Complete Tracking Dashboard
LEACT Recommendations - Monthly Tracking Dashboards
Monthly Reports on Implementation of Executive Order 2020-19
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
- NH Department of Justice
- Police Standards and Training
- NH Liquor Commission
- NH Fish and Game
- NH Department of Safety
- Judicial Council
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
Final Report
Draft Final Report – Other Subject Matters Section
Draft Final Report – Reporting and Investigation of Police Misconduct Section
- Email to Commission re: Updated Draft Report and Commission Members' Proposed Recommendations for Remaining Subject Matters
- Email to Commission re: Updated Draft Report for Further Discussion - Reporting and Investigation of Police Misconduct Section
- Email to Commission re: Draft Report and Compilation of Proposed Commissioner Recommendations - Reporting and Investigation of Police Misconduct
- Draft Report - Reporting and Investigation of Police Misconduct (Without Commissioner Recommendations)
- Compilation of Commissioners' Recommendations - Reporting and Investigation of Police Misconduct
- Memo from Chief Charlie Dennis
- Memo from Director John Scippa
- Recommendations from Director Ahni Malachi
- Recommendations from President James McKim
Draft Final Report - Relationships Between Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve Section
- Email to Commission re: Submission of Letter and Interim Report re: the Current State of Relations Between Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve
- Email to Commission re: Draft Final Report for Review and Voting – Community Relations Section
- Email to Commission re: Updated Draft Final Report - Community Relations Section Only
- Email to Commission re: Draft Final Report, Compilation of Commissioners' Proposed Recommendations, and Memo from Director John Scippa
Draft Final Report - Training Curriculum, Procedures and Policies Section
- Email to Commission re: Submission of Letter and Interim Report re: Training Curriculum, Procedures and Policies
- Email to Commission re: Draft Final Report for Review and Voting - Training Curriculum, Procedures and Policies Section
- Email from Director Ahni Malachi re: Document of Proposed Recommendations by Topic
- Email to Commission re: Suggested Governing Principles and Proposed Recommendations by Topic
- Email to Commission re: Compilation of Members' Proposed Recommendations re: Training Curriculum, Procedures and Policies
- Draft Final Report – Training Curriculum, Procedures and Policies Section Only – Without Commission Members' Recommendations
Outline of Final Report
Meetings
- August Calendar, as of 8/27/2020
- August Calendar, as of 8/24/2020
- August Calendar, as of 8/13/2020
- August Calendar, as of 8/6/2020
- Email to Commission re: Schedule for the Remainder of August
Monday, August 31, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes - Approved on August 31, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: 6dPpSt3a)
Friday, August 28, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 31, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: Qk5xNN2g)
Thursday, August 27, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 31, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: EhEKwXK5)
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 27, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: PsRjCGc8)
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 26, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: NhDCgpp5)
Thursday, August 20, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 26, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: tBZupZA6)
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Brian R. Moushegian – General Counsel, New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office
- Gilles Bissonnette – Legal Director, ACLU of New Hampshire
- John S. Krupski – Attorney, Milner & Krupski, PLLC
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 25, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: Dmq6KZcd)
Monday, August 17, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Email from Commission Member Joseph Lascaze re: This Week's Meetings
- Sr. Assistant Attorney General Matthew Broadhead – New Hampshire Department of Justice
- Professor Albert (Buzz) Scherr – University of New Hampshire School of Law
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 18, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: 8Jy3GPAk)
Friday, August 14, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Director John Scippa – New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council
- Summary Report on Certification and De-Certification of New Hampshire Police Officers
- Administrative Rules for Police Standards and Training
- RSA 106-L (New Hampshire Statutes Regarding Police Standards and Training Council)
- New Hampshire Office of Legislative Budget Assistant February 2019 Audit
- New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council Annual Reports
- Robin D. Melone – President of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 18, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: Jq23EPfK)
Thursday, August 13, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 14, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (no password needed for playback)
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Assistant Commissioner Richard Bailey – New Hampshire Department of Safety – Presentation: NIBRS - Race & Ethnicity Statistics
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 13, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: 3rVmDNRP)
Monday, August 10, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 12, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: pFpRc4pA)
Friday, August 7, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Attorney Julian Jefferson
- Major John Marasco – New Hampshire State Police Community Outreach and Initiatives
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 10, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: uMszGqs6)
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Captain Mark Newport – Portsmouth Police Department – Testimony
- Stefany Shaheen – Portsmouth Police Commissioner – Resources
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 7, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: Yu6fUkG6)
Friday, July 31, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on August 7, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: 2PpuhQzZ)
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on July 31, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video - Morning Session (Password for Playback: qW5c5Gb6)
- Meeting Video - Afternoon Session (Password for Playback: hPjmE3Qq)
Friday, July 24, 2020
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
- Updated Public Access Link
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Lieutenant Carlos Camacho – Nashua Police Department
- Eva Castillo-Turgeon – Manchester Police Commissioner – Testimony
- UPDATED Ken Norton – Executive Director of the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI NH) – Testimony
- Ken Norton – Executive Director of the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI NH) – Testimony
- Divert to What? Community Services That Enhance Diversion
- Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
- An Evidence-Assessment of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
- Open Letter in Response to Executive Order, dated July 17, 2020
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on July 24, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: Mz8NwxRp)
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Thursday, July 9, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Video Conference & Dial-in Information
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on July 14, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Video (Password for Playback: HiqiMm8A)
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020
Thursday, June 25, 2020
- Notice of Meeting, Agenda & Dial-in Information
- Chief John Scippa - Director of NH Police Standards and Training - Summary Report on Current Training and Improvement Considerations
- Links to Guides and Training Modules
- Academy Hours
- List of NH Police Standards and Training Council Members
- Current Lesson Plan for Cultural Dynamics Used at Full-Time NH Police Standards and Training Council Police Academy
- State of Ohio Lesson Plan on Diversity and Implicit Bias
- IADLEST Recruit and Inservice Survey
- Requested Information on VirTra Simulator
- EPIC is now ABLE Training
- Memo on Summary of Recruit Evaluations
- Colonel Nathan A. Noyes - New Hampshire State Police Training Presentation 2020
- Chief Charlie Dennis - President, New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police - Overview of Training, Policies and Procedures in Law Enforcement Agencies
- Meeting Minutes – Approved on July 2, 2020
- Meeting Transcript
- Meeting Audio
Monday, June 22, 2020
Organizational Meeting of the Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency
The members of the commission will consist of the following:
- Attorney General Gordon MacDonald, Chair
- Robert Quinn, Commissioner of the Department of Safety
- Ahni Malachi, Executive Director, New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights
- John Scippa, Director, Police Standards and Training Council
- Rogers Johnson, Chair of the Governor's Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion
- James McKim, President of the Manchester NH NAACP
- Sawako Gardner, Justice of the New Hampshire Circuit Court
- Mark Morrison, New Hampshire Police Association
- Charlie Dennis, President, New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police
- Ken Norton, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness – New Hampshire
- Joseph Lascaze, Smart Justice Organizer, ACLU New Hampshire
- Julian Jefferson, Attorney, New Hampshire Public Defender
- Eddie Edwards, Public Member
- Ronelle Tshiela, Public Member
The Commission will engage all interested and relevant public, private, and community stakeholders and develop recommendations for reforms that the Commission deems necessary to enhance transparency, accountability, and community relations in law enforcement.
To fulfill this charge, the Commission will examine the following:
- Training curriculum, procedures and policies developed by State Police, local police departments, and the Police Standards and Training Council, and potential options for improving the same to better address certain areas which may include, but are not limited to, (i) de-escalation, (ii) use of deadly and non-deadly force, and (iii) diversity training;
- State and local procedures related to the reporting and investigation of police misconduct, and potential reforms which may include, but are not limited to, development of a uniform statewide system for the reporting, investigation, and punishment of police misconduct;
- The current state of relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve, and potential steps that can be taken to enhance these relationships; and
- Any other subject matter which the Commission deems relevant to the overall mission of enhancing transparency, accountability, and community relations in law enforcement.
The Commission will have 45 days to submit a report containing its recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate. The Commission's report will be posted publicly on the Governor's Office website.
Public Testimony
- 09/02/2020 Community Behavioral Health Association – Testimony
- 08/29/2020 Rebecca Miller - Police Brutality: my proposal to end it
- 08/29/2020 Deputy Attorney General Jane Young – Public Integrity Investigations Policies and Procedures
- 08/29/2020 Maggie Kris - Police Accountability
- 08/29/2020 Kosmas Koustas - Public testimony
- 08/26/2020 Chief Andrew Shagoury – Body Cameras
- 08/26/2020 Dicky Desai – Comments
- 08/24/2020 County Attorney Robin Davis – Testimony
- 08/23/2020 Detective Kristyn Bernier – Police Reform in New Hampshire
- 08/23/2020 Mark Bodanza - Testimony for Commission
- 08/19/2020 Stacey Ober, J.D. - American Kennel Club Recommendations for Reporting and Investigating Police Misconduct
- 08/19/2020 Samuel Katz - Traffic Ticket Testimony Tomorrow
- 08/19/2020 Gregory V. Sullivan, Esq. on behalf of the New England First Amendment Coalition and Union Leader Corporation – Testimony
- 08/19/2020 Charles G. Douglas, III – Accountability Versus Immunity From Suit
- 08/19/2020 Richard Van Wickler – Police Transparency and Accountability
- 08/19/2020 Lawrence Vogelman – Testimony
- 08/18/2020 Keith Ardizzoni - Gilford p,d
- 08/14/2020 Janet Hadley Champlin - Exculpatory Evidence Schedule Recommendation
- 08/14/2020 Jane Davis – Police Misconduct
- 08/11/2020 Daniel Auger – PELRB
- 08/11/2020 Stephanie Hausman – Statement 2
- 08/11/2020 Unidentified - Foolish Statement
- 08/11/2020 Palana Belken - Testimony
- 08/06/2020 Ivor Edmonds - Serious Critique of the Draft Final Report
- 08/06/2020 The Brookline NH Racial Justice Group - Response to the Commissioners' Recommendations
- 08/06/2020 Earl Sweeney - Document for the Governor's Accountability Commission
- 08/06/2020 Officer Richard Bergeron – School Resource Officer (SRO) Testimony
- 08/06/2020 Commissioner Robert Quinn - New Hampshire School Safety Resources Website
- 08/03/2020 Julian Jefferson - Statement in Response to Letters Submitted by Nashua and Manchester Police
- 07/29/2020 Lieutenant Matthew Larochelle - Public Testimony Regarding Juvenile Arrests in the City of Manchester
- 07/29/2020 Deputy Chief James Testaverde - Comments Made During Public Testimony Regarding Juvenile Arrests
- 07/29/2020 Linda Wojas - NH police pay out $4.3 million to settle civil rights complaintst
- 07/29/2020 Chief Andrew Shagoury - Final Report
- 07/29/2020 Julian Jefferson - Public Testimony
- 07/29/2020 Susan Paschell and Jim Monahan - Testimony to LEACT from the Innocence Project and the New England Innocence Project
- 07/29/2020 Julian Jefferson - Recommendations Regarding Police in Our Schools
- 07/29/2020 Albert Tito – Excessive Force
- 07/23/2020 Ivor Edmonds - Second Attempt at Being Heard
- 07/23/2020 Danielle Leigh - Portsmouth, NH Police Department/Force
- 07/23/2020 Wayne Perreault – Suggestion
- 07/23/2020 Rick Chellman - LEACT Commission
- 07/23/2020 Chief Andrew Shagoury - Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency #1
- 07/22/2020 Julian Jefferson – Litigation Regarding Police Officers in Public Schools
- 07/22/2020 Julian Jefferson – Recommendations
- 07/22/2020 Karen Bouffard – Testimony
- 07/22/2020 Don Clendenen – Our State Should Do This
- 07/21/2020 Tonya Tyler - Police Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability Letter
- 07/20/2020 Governor's Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion – Email to Commission
- 07/20/2020 James Mason - "Black" not "Dark" - ref Testimony by Anthony Pivero
- 07/20/2020 Anthony Pivero - LEACT 5/ Complaint against LEACT/Unsubstantiated Racist Allegation
- 07/20/2020 Linda Wojas - Public Testimony
- 07/20/2020 Maggie Kris - Police Misconduct (2)
- 07/20/2020 Martha Wyatt - LEACT Supplemental Written Testimony
- 07/20/2020 Stephanie Hausman - LEACT statement
- 07/20/2020 Maggie Kris - Police misconduct
- 07/20/2020 Steve Monier - Testimony from Chief Steve Monier (Ret.) - Goffstown
- 07/20/2020 Matt Simon - Reimagining Justice: Race, Cannabis, and Policing
- 07/20/2020 Bonnie Bruno - Law enforcement reform
- 07/20/2020 Janet Hadley Champlin - Testimony on 07/14/20
- 07/20/2020 Elizabeth Rawnsley - Jeff Sessions: Former U.S. Attorney General appointed by President Donald J. Trump : Senator in the U.S. Senate for how many years? Decades?
- 07/20/2020 Elizabeth Rawnsley - FW: The impeachment process was handled so very poorly, in the hands of Congress and the U.S. Senate. South Carolina, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham was supposed to send all Senators who were the "jurors" many relevant facts. CNN? Defrauding the public?
- 07/20/2020 Laura Kelley - Systemic Breakdown
- 07/20/2020 John (Manchester) - Testimony for Commission
- 07/19/2020 James McKim - Article: "This town of 170,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over 30 years."
- 07/15/2020 Charlie Dennis - NH Deaf and Hard of Hearing Visor Card
- Robin Martin - Re: Police reform
- Linda Wojas - Re: Inability to Speak
- Robin Martin - Police reform
- J. Casity - Thinking about Police transparency
- Jean Allan - Public Testimony Submitted to Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparancy
- Martha Wyatt – LEACT Commission Testimony
- Richard Kleinschmidt - Submission from Concord Friends Meeting (Quakers)
- Tracy Hayes - Race and Equity in New Hampshire
- Anthony Pivero – LEACT 4
- Ivor Edmonds - Written Testimony to the New Hampshire Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transpararency
- David Saad - Right to Know NH testimony to LEACT Commission
- Jim Karwocki - Testimony for Commission
- Anthony Pivero – LEACT 3
- Linda Wojas - Inability to Speak
- Terence Nelan - In Favor of Cannabis Law Reform
- Mandi Neff - Testimony for Commission on Police Accountability, Community, and Transparency
- Gerry Dekoto - State commission examining law enforcement policies and procedures.
- Elizabeth Rawnsley - Fwd: Governor Sununu sets up commission to review police accountability, in the State of New Hampshire: ACLU in New Hampshire is participating in the process? Re: We had 101 members of this state review the conduct of their own state courts, years ago.
- James Edouard - Training & Accountability
- Lynn Boudreau – Racism
- G. Michael Sanborn – Testimony
- Christopher Emerson – Police Training
- NH Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - training, policies and procedures
- Michael Dane - Re: Testimony for Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Transparency, and Community
- Michael Skibbie - Written Testimony of DRC-NH
- Bonnie Bruno – Thoughts
- Claire Best - Police Accountability and Transparency
- Kaitlyn Shanley - Cannabis Legalization needs to be included in the police reform talk
- Donna Brown - NHACDL Suppl Testimony and Documents Re PreTextual Stops
- Johnathan Moulton – Testimony for Commission
- Elizabeth Rawnsley - RE: One more commission formed in New Hampshire, when we have how many media resources unable to even expose facts on to the view of the public, in this state, for how many years, now?
- Cathy Lanigan - Testimony for Commission Evaluating the Use of Cannabis
- Paula Ward - NH Legalization of Cannabis / Testimony for Commission
- Mark Widdison – Testimony for Commission
- Patrick Chamberlin - Testimony for Commission on Police Accountability, Community, and Transparency
- Representative Renny Cushing – Letter to Gov's Commission
- Matt Simon – Testimony For Commission On Police Accountatbility Community and Transparency
- FW U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court Judge Roberts may not be fully informed, due to no fault of his own about so many relevant matters, involved in this presidency and what is truly covered up
- Rev. John W. Eaton - Public Testimony
- Joseph Lascaze – DOC Facility Demographics Summary
- Julian Jefferson – Materials for Commission's Review
- Wanda Duryea - Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency
- Elizabeth Rawnsley - Governor Sununu sets up commission to review police accountability, in the State of New Hampshire: ACLU in New Hampshire is participating in the process? Re: We had 101 members of this state review the conduct of their own state courts, years ago.
- Anthony Pivero – LEACT 2
- Janet Hadley Champlin - Request to testify before the NH Governor's LEACT Commission
- Fina Gaboian Frey - Commission On Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency
- Kathy Urie – Police Accountability
- Dr. Nicole L. Sawyer - The importance of Candidate Selection - Testimony submitted to the Commission on LE Accountability, Community and Transparency
- Jacquelyn Benson - Testimony for NH Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community and Transparency
- Michael Dane - Testimony for Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Transparency, and Community
- Anthony J. Pivero - LEACT 1st letter
- Rebecca Hayes - Written Testimony - Mental Health & Addiction
- Veronica Dane - Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Transparency, and Community
- Richard Tripp – Law Enforcement Hearing Questions
- Donna Brown – NH Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Written Testimony
- Richard Van Wickler – Cheshire County Superintendent of Corrections (Ret.) and Law Enforcement Action Partnership - LEACT Testimony
- Bill Zebuhr – LEACT Comments
- Natalie Strickland – Request for Accountability and De-Escalation
- Bradford Hutchinson - Victim of Police Misconduct Speaks
- Janet Hadley Champlin - Recommendations for the NH Govenor's Law Enforcement Commission
- Elizabeth Rawnsley - One more commission formed in New Hampshire, when we have how many media resources unable to even expose facts on to the view of the public, in this state, for how many years, now?
- Linda Wojas - Request for 91-A Laurie List
- Chief David Kurz - Durham Police Department's Commitment to the Durham Community
- Bonnie Sisak – Request for Consideration