Right-to-Know Law Virtual Workshop for Law Enforcement

Join NHMA’s Legal Services Counsel Stephen Buckley and Municipal Services Counsel Natch Greyes who will share insights and strategies to assist law enforcement agencies in handling governmental record matters arising under the Right-to-Know Law.

The disclosure of police records is governed in part by the Right-to-Know Law and in part by rules imported from federal law under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  This workshop will answer many questions about withholding records compiled for law enforcement purposes when disclosure would interfere with enforcement proceedings or based on other FOIA factors. The attorneys will also address recent court decisions that modify how internal employee disciplinary records and personnel files must be managed balancing the public interest in disclosure against the privacy interests of affected employees. 

Attention will also be paid to disclosure exemptions found in other New Hampshire statutes governing Body Worn Cameras, motor vehicle records, gun licenses, annulled conviction records, police personnel records, and the retention of police records.