Top Cop Stories in NH in 2015

New Hampshire is considered, by most studies, to be one of the safest places in the United States to not be a victim of crime, including homicide rates, which have been declining across the country since the mid-1990s.

However, in recent years, some areas of the state, including the Manchester-Nashua metropolitan area, have seen a steady increase in violent crime. And the shocking surge in heroin crime and overdose deaths – doubling in 2013 from 2012, and then tripling in 2014 – has caused officials to act.

Earlier this year, Manchester Police began Operation Granite Hammer initiatives that rounded up alleged drug dealers and users around the Queen City. Other departments have also conducted drug raids and state officials held a special session of the Legislature in order to consider proposals to fight the problem.

Top 10 cop posts for 2015

1. 24 Arrested in Manchester Drug Dragnet
2. Big Heroin Bust in NH: Woman Charged with Smuggling Drugs in Bra
3. Dead Body Found in White Park
4. Nashua Police Officer Died at House Party, Authorities Say
5. Three ‘Suspicious Deaths’ Reported in Bedford
6. Cops Break Up Organized Retail Criminal Enterprise
7. Reports: Body at Concord Walmart ID’d
8. Alleged Concord Meth Dealers, Others Rounded Up
9. 312 Grams of Heroin Taken Off NH Streets
10. 3 Nashua Teens Arrested in Baseball Bat Beating

Other popular NH police posts

Mass. Heroin Traffickers Targeted Nashua with $100K Worth of Drugs, Feds Say

Concord Teen Racks Up Charges

Two Concord Residents Arrested for Sex Crimes

Concord Police Log: Alleged Penacook Drug Dealer Arrested

Teen Arrested for Prostitution, Heroin in Bow

13 Arrested in Nashua Gang Shooting

Nashua Men Arrested at Walmart

Six Arrested on Prostitution, Lewdness Charges

Concord Police Log: Two Charged with Cocaine Possession

Next year, the Legislature will meet again meet to consider proposals put forward by the drug task force.