Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Every law
enforcement agency seeking monies from the LERF for retention differential
disbursements for full-time certified law enforcement officers within its
employ, who are projected to be eligible officers in the upcoming fiscal year,
shall annually report to DPS the following information:
(1) The full legal name and date of hire of
the full-time certified law enforcement officer projected to be an eligible
officer in the upcoming fiscal year, the PRDD for each officer, the amount of
the annual salary on which the PRDD was calculated and the amount of the
employer tax liability attributable to the PRDD. The amount of the employer tax
liability shall specify the amount attributable to Social Security and the
amount attributable to Medicare;
(2) The aggregate number of full-time
certified law enforcement officers employed by the law enforcement agency
during each of the five fiscal years immediately preceding the reporting fiscal
year. For any officer employed less than a full fiscal year, the law
enforcement agency shall report the number of months and days the officer was
employed, identifying the officer without personally identifying information
(e.g. Officer # 1, Officer # 2, etc.).
(3) For each officer included in Paragraph
(2) of Subsection A above, the number of years (or partial years) of service of
each full-time certified law enforcement officer with the reporting
agency.
(4) The number of full-time
certified law enforcement officers that left the employ of the law enforcement
agency during the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year.
The number of years of service with the reporting law enforcement agency of
each departing officer, the agency's reason for each involuntary departure and
the officer's stated reason, if any, for each voluntary departure.
(5) The number of applicants to the full-time
certified law enforcement agency for a position as a law enforcement officer
during the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal
year.
(6) The number of applicants
to the law enforcement agency for a position as a full-time certified law
enforcement officer in the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting
fiscal year, who attended a law enforcement academy.
(7) The number of full-time certified law
enforcement officers within the reporting agency's employ who received one or
more certifications during the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting
fiscal year.
(8) The number of
full-time certified law enforcement officers added to the law enforcement
agency by way of lateral transfer during the fiscal year immediately preceding
the reporting fiscal year and the years of service of each added officer at
each previous law enforcement agency if known to the reporting
agency.
(9) Any changes to
compensation, recruiting, retention or benefits of full-time certified law
enforcement officers implemented by the law enforcement agency during the
fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year.
(10) The number of full-time certified law
enforcement officers that are projected to become eligible for a retention
differential disbursement in the upcoming fiscal year, and the projected amount
of the retention differential disbursement including any employer tax
liabilities for each eligible officer.
(11) Any other information requested by DPS
that is used for determining retention rates, unless disclosure of such
information is otherwise prohibited by law.
B. The information in Subsection A above
shall be reported to the DPS for the upcoming fiscal year no later than May
31.
C. The information in
Subsection A above shall be reported to the DPS through the electronic portal,
unless DPS advises the applying law enforcement agencies that a different
reporting method should be used.
D.
In order to receive funding for retention differential disbursements, the law
enforcement agency must, at the time of the request, be in compliance with the
in-service officer training and reporting requirements of the New Mexico Law
Enforcement Training Act set forth in Section 29-7-7.1 NMSA 1978 and 29-7-7.2
NMSA 1978.
E. In order to receive
funding for retention differential disbursements, the law enforcement agency
must have submitted the agency's most current roster of full-time certified law
enforcement officers, including commission dates, to the New Mexico law
enforcement academy no later than April 1 of the reporting fiscal
year.
