Lauries List

In February 2017, a New Hampshire state trooper and member of the state’s Mobile Enforcement Team, Officer Wilber, pulled over a driver for having snow covering her vehicle’s rear lights. The following events resulted in the driver spending 13 days in jail and having multiple allegedly unconstitutional searches performed of her effects and person.

The petitioners, Manchester police officers, were suspended for alleged use of excessive force during an incident at a bar. The police chief reported the incident to the county attorney, who placed the officers’ names on the “Laurie List.” After the officers filed grievances under the CBA, an arbitrator determined that the City did not have just cause to take disciplinary action. Similarly, the attorney general’s independent criminal investigation revealed that the officers’ conduct was justified.