No, not at all. Most PDs in NH never even contact the references, let alone send out letters to them or any of that crap.
-Mike
Very true, including the town I live in. Most know giving references is a joke. No one is going to give a reference that will badmouth them. Aside from that NH is shall issue, so it really doesn't matter what the references say. If your criminal/mental history comes back clean they must issue the permit.