Laurie List: Manchester chief says 23 officers on ‘Laurie List’

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Manchester Police Department Chief Carlo Capano. File photo/Andrew Sylvia

MANCHESTER, NH — Manchester’s police chief said four of his police officers, not five, were added last year to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s list of law enforcement officers with credibility issues because of their dishonesty and/ or criminal activity.

UPDATE: March 3, 2019 – AG’s office confirms 5 Manchester officers on ‘Laurie List’


Chief Carlo Capano on Tuesday said he could not comment when asked if three of those reported were the same three officers who were fired.

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He said three of the officers were added to the list because of truthfulness issues while the fourth was reported for unlawful conduct.

Capano said he takes any misbehavior by any officer very seriously.

 “We don’t take it lightly. If somebody is doing something wrong, then I deal with it very swiftly,” he said.

There are 25 Manchester police officers included on the list, familiarly known as the Laurie List and formally known as the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule.

Capano, however, said Manchester reported 23 officers. Only two of those 23 officers remain on the force. The others were terminated, retired or resigned, according to Capano.

Capano believes that duplicate information resulted in the discrepancy in the numbers provided by his department and the Attorney General’s Office.

Geoffrey Ward, Chief of the Criminal Justice Bureau, said the Manchester Police Department is in full compliance in reporting the information. He was unavailable Tuesday for comment on the accuracy of the current list.

Law enforcement agencies across the state are required to notify the attorney general of officers’ misbehavior that can call their credibility into question.  That information is needed for a prosecutor to determine whether it is exculpatory evidence that should be provided to the defense.

The list that was released is heavily redacted, with all the names of the officers and the dates of the incidents blacked out.  The American Civil Liberties Union-NH and several media organizations were in court Feb. 25 asking a Hillsborough County Superior Court-South judge to rule that that information should be public.

The list, compiled by the Attorney General’s office, was updated Jan. 11 and released to the media last week.


Below is a copy of the petition file for access of public records, New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism v. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald:

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