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1 New Paragraph; Sheriffs and Constables; Duties; Duty Added. Amend RSA 104:5 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. The sheriff and sheriff's deputies shall have oversight over all federal law enforcement actions within the sheriff's county. The sheriff and the sheriff's deputies shall have a nonparticipating presence, in addition to any participatory presence, at the service of all federal warrants and at all federal arrests within the county in order to ensure that the rights of New Hampshire residents are upheld at all times and that federal law enforcement actions are held to best practices for minimizing the application of deadly force. The sheriff shall require that all federal law enforcement agencies provide the sheriff with advance notice of any actions to be taken within the sheriff's county. The sheriff may, at his or her discretion, consider any imminent or ongoing federal law enforcement action in his or her county for which prior notice was not provided, for which reasonable lawful justification was not provided, or for which best practices for minimizing the application of deadly force are not observed, to be unauthorized and unlawful, and subject to termination by the sheriff or the sheriff's deputies.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 New Paragraph; Sheriffs and Constables; Duties; Duty Added. Amend RSA 104:5 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. The sheriff and sheriff's deputies shall have oversight over all federal law enforcement actions within the sheriff's county. The sheriff and the sheriff's deputies shall have a nonparticipating presence, in addition to any participatory presence, at the service of all federal warrants and at all federal arrests within the county in order to ensure that the rights of New Hampshire residents are upheld at all times and that federal law enforcement actions are held to best practices for minimizing the application of deadly force. The sheriff shall require that all federal law enforcement agencies provide the sheriff with advance notice of any actions to be taken within the sheriff's county. The sheriff may, at his or her discretion, consider any imminent or ongoing federal law enforcement action in his or her county for which prior notice was not provided, for which reasonable lawful justification was not provided, or for which best practices for minimizing the application of deadly force are not observed, to be unauthorized and unlawful, and subject to termination by the sheriff or the sheriff's deputies.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.