106-L:7-a Mental Health Training for Law Enforcement Officers. –
I. No person shall assume their role as a law enforcement officer or dispatcher unless such person has satisfactorily completed mental health training focusing on post-traumatic stress from a program developed and delivered by the New Hampshire police standards and training council. Subsequent to initial training, all law enforcement officers and dispatchers shall successfully complete annual online training. No current officer shall be required to attend in-person training at the academy.
II. Mental health training focusing on post-traumatic stress disorder shall be made available annually to any law enforcement officers after their retirement.
Source. 2022, 331:2, eff. Sept. 6, 2022.