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A state legislature is considering legislation that would impose criminal sanctions and/or fines for assaults on probation/parole officers. If your state has statutes governing this situation, please respond to the forum or directly to aj.hopkins@comcast.net with your information.

New Hampshire law has sections dealing with "extended" prison terms for assaults on law enforcement including probation/parole officers.  The web address is:  http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/lxii/651/651-6.htm  

 RSA 631 are the assault statues

paragraph III is a description of the possible sanctions

 651:6 Extended Term of Imprisonment. –
    I. A convicted person may be sentenced according to paragraph III if the jury also finds beyond a reasonable doubt that such person:

 (g) Has knowingly committed or attempted to commit any of the crimes defined in RSA 631 where he or she knows the victim was, at the time of the commission of the crime, a law enforcement officer, a paid firefighter, volunteer firefighter, on-call firefighter, or licensed emergency medical care provider as defined in RSA 153-A:2, V acting in the line of duty;

 I-a. As used in this section, a ""law enforcement officer'' is a sheriff or deputy sheriff of any county, a state police officer, a constable or police officer of any city or town, an official or employee of any prison, jail, or corrections institution, a probation-parole officer, a juvenile probation and parole officer, or a conservation officer.