This bill amends current law to authorize the director of the police standards and training council to detail law enforcement training specialists for law enforcement and crowd control services at the request of state, county, or local law enforcement agencies. The new legal language specifies that these specialists can be deployed for public and private events, as well as for extra duty functions outside regular business hours, with the council being reimbursed for their services. Additionally, while performing these duties, the officers will have the authority to enforce all criminal and motor vehicle laws in the respective state. The council is also tasked with establishing a detail rate that covers compensation, vehicle use, employee benefits, and other expenses incurred.

Furthermore, the bill removes the provision for mental incapacitation as a justification for disability retirement benefits for certain Group II members, amending the relevant section of the New Hampshire Retirement System. The specific language deleted from the law states that a member must be found to be "mentally or" physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty. The act is set to take effect 60 days after its passage, and while the fiscal impact is indeterminable, it is expected that any costs incurred by the state will be offset by reimbursements received for the detailed services.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 106-L:5
As Amended by the House: 106-L:5
As Amended by the Senate: 106-L:5, 100-A:6
HB778 text: 106-L:5