[§52D-3.5  Reports to legislature.]  Thechief of each county police department shall submit an annual report to thelegislature twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session in eachyear.  The report shall include a summary of the facts and the nature of themisconduct for each incident which resulted in the suspension or discharge of apolice officer, the disciplinary action imposed for each incident, and thenumber of police officers suspended and discharged during the previous yearunder the following categories of the department's Standards of Conduct:

(1)  Malicious use of physical force;

(2)  Mistreatment of prisoners;

(3)  Use of drugs and narcotics; and

(4)  Cowardice.

The summary of facts shall not be of such a natureso as to disclose the identity of the individuals involved. [L 1995, c 242, §3]