2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XV - EDUCATION
Chapter 188-F - COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Section 188-F:23 - Definitions.

    188-F:23 Definitions. – In this subdivision:
    I. "Police officer'' means any appointed or elected employee of a police department or any appointed employee of a sheriff's department, the fish and game department, the department of safety, or any special agent appointed by the state liquor commission which is administered by the state or any of its political subdivisions and who is responsible for the prevention, detection or prosecution of crime or the enforcement of the penal, traffic, highway, boating, liquor, or bingo and lucky 7 laws of this state or any of its political subdivisions.
    I-a. [Repealed.]
    II. "Council'' means the police standards and training council.
    III. [Repealed.]
    IV. "State corrections officer'' means any sworn classified employee of the New Hampshire department of corrections who is responsible for the physical custody and security of inmates at a state correctional institution and is authorized by law to use force to prevent escapes from such institution.
    V. "State probation-parole officer'' means any sworn employee of the New Hampshire department of corrections who is responsible for the supervision of probationers and parolees, who has an assigned caseload, and who has the authority to arrest for violations of the rules of probations or parole.

Source. 1985, 152:1; 307:2; 326:1. 1986, 67:16. 1987, 292:9, 13, 14. 1989, 303:1. 1993, 331:2. 1995, 182:29. 1996, 13:1. 2007, 361:35, IV, eff. July 17, 2007.