New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 29 - LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY
Part 5 - REGIONAL/SATELLITE POLICE OFFICER BASIC ACADEMIES
Section 10.29.5.12 - POLICE RADIO DISPATCHER CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION; TIME LIMITATIONS

A. Students who successfully complete a department of public safety training and recruiting division accredited satellite program will be allowed to take the police radio dispatcher certification examination. Only those students who have successfully completed all requirements under the minimum standards of training, as determined by the director of the department of public safety training and recruiting division, will be administered the police radio dispatcher certification examination.

B. Students will be allowed two (2) opportunities in which to pass the police radio dispatcher certification examination within one year from the date of completion of the satellite program. Students who fail the test two (2) times will be required to successfully complete the New Mexico law enforcement academy's police radio dispatch training program. Students will not be allowed to attend a regional/satellite program.

C. Students who achieve a passing score on the police radio dispatcher certification examination will be allowed one year from the date of the test in which to be eligible for certification. Certification can be granted only when the eligible student is hired by a recognized New Mexico law enforcement agency in a dispatcher position.

D. If a student secures a police dispatcher position between one and three years from the date of successful completion of the police radio dispatcher certification examination, the student will be required to apply for certification by waiver of previous training. This determination is conducted by the department of public safety training and recruiting division staff, and approved by the director.

E. If a student secures a police dispatcher position after three (3) years from the completion of the police radio dispatcher certification examination, they will be required to attend and successfully complete another police radio dispatcher training program certified by the New Mexico law enforcement academy board.

F. Students who have successfully completed a satellite program and passed the police radio dispatcher certification examination will be provided a letter from the director of the department of public safety training and recruiting division attesting to the student's eligibility for certification as a police radio dispatcher in New Mexico.

G. When all paperwork is completed to the satisfaction of the director of the department of public safety training and recruiting division for any student requesting certification by successful completion of a certified satellite program, or any other previous comparable training, the request will be submitted to the New Mexico law enforcement academy board for final approval and award of certification under NMSA 1978, Section 29-7-1 et. al., (Repl. Pamp. 1997).