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CHAPTER 52D

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CHAPTER 52D
POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Section
52D-1 Police commission
52D-2 Chief of police
52D-3 Powers and duties of chief of police
52D-3.5 Reports to legislature
52D-4 Ex officio coroner
52D-5 Powers of chief of police outside own county
52D-6 Police force; employees
52D-7 Traffic control surrounding school premises
52D-8 Police officers; counsel for
52D-9 Determination of scope of duty
52D-10 Disposition of found, stolen, or unclaimed property
52D-11 Reports by common carriers and court clerks
52D-12 Duty of police officer to owner
52D-13 Orders of retention
52D-14 Duty and right of finders
52D-15 Off-duty police officers; benefits for personal
Injuries
52D-16 Domestic violence policies; standard of conduct
Policies
52D-17 Citizen administrative complaints; officer-involved
domestic violence
52D-18 Request for copy of police report by a surviving
immediate family member
Note
Each county police department shall establish a database for collecting and maintaining the information reported pursuant to §§289-9 and 289-10 and initiate an education program to encourage its residents to take personal measures to prevent catalytic converter thefts. L 2022, c 88, §9.
Cross References
Emergency use of private real property, see chapter 135.
Forensic identification, see chapter 844D.
Juvenile crime prevention bureau, see §§571-71 to 74.
Peer support counseling; sessions, see §78-52.
Retention of emergency 911 recordings, see §46-1.7.
Safe place for newborns, see chapter 587D.
Law Journals and Reviews
Mutual Aid and Maunakea: Policing Protests Post- Flores . 45 UH L. Rev. 233 (2022).
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