New Hampshire Revised Statutes 266:78-f – Use of Lights by Law Enforcement and State Department of Corrections
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 266:78-f
- Person: shall mean the same as provided in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:74
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- State: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:106 - sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
- Traffic: shall mean pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any way for purposes of travel. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:110
- Vehicle: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:122
Law enforcement officers, state probation and parole officers, and state correctional officers in the performance of their official duties shall only illuminate emergency lights and warning lights when in pursuit or stopping a violator, when responding to but not returning from an emergency call for service, when conducting an escort, or when parked on or adjacent to the highway to warn other traffic of a hazard or obstruction. Except as provided for under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 266:78-b, II, no person other than a sworn law enforcement officer, state probation and parole officers, and state correctional officers in the performance of their official duties shall drive a vehicle with a blue light or lights in operation.