TITLE VII SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, AND POLICE OFFICERS
CHAPTER 106-B THE STATE POLICE
Contact Person Notification Program
Section 106-B:36
106-B:36 Contact Person Notification Program. –
I. The division of state police shall develop and implement a contact person notification program to assist a law enforcement officer with communications with a participating person during an encounter between the participating person and the law enforcement officer. The program shall provide the law enforcement officer with access to contact information for a person that is voluntarily submitted by a participating person or the legal guardian of a participating person. The program shall be capable of interfacing with the state police online telecommunications system (SPOTS).
II. The division of state police shall develop and implement standards of procedure for the operation of the program for law enforcement agencies consistent with policies adopted by the department of safety. The standards shall address processing the application of a participating person or that person's legal guardian, determining the validity of identity and legal guardianship information, entering contact information into the state police online telecommunications system (SPOTS), procedures for a participating person or that person's legal guardian to withdraw from the program, and procedures for a law enforcement officer to access contact information.