Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. All New Mexico certified law enforcement
officers shall receive a minimum of 40 hours of training bi-annually (every
other year). Each two year in-service training cycle will begin on the first
day of the subsequent even numbered year and conclude on the final day of the
sequential odd numbered year.
(1) A minimum
of four hours training shall be in safe pursuit pursuant to Section
29-20-3 NMSA
1978.
(2) A minimum of one hour
training shall be in domestic violence incident training pursuant to Section
29-7-4.1
NMSA1978, annually.
(3) A minimum
of two hours training shall be in the detection, investigation and reporting of
a crime motivated by hate pursuant to Subsection B of Section
31-18B-5
NMSA 1978.
(4) For all officers who
may be involved in the arrest of driving while intoxicated (DWI) offenders as a
normal part of their duties, four hours training shall be in NHTSA approved
standardized field sobriety testing (SFST) protocols or successful course
completion of the NHTSA approved 16 hour advanced roadside impaired driving
enforcement course.
(5) A minimum
of one hour training shall be in ensuring child safety upon arrest pursuant to
Section
29-7-7.3
NMSA 1978, annually.
(6) Four hours
training of academy approved day and night firearms training on agency approved
weapons systems including, but not limited to, duty handgun, backup handgun,
shotgun, and rifle. No more than one hour training shall be classroom lecture.
A minimum of three hours training, divided equally between day and night
training, and shall consist of practical exercises using live fire,
Simmunitions®, Airsoft® or other firearms training systems. Qualification
testing may not be used as training to meet this requirement.
(7) A minimum of two hours training in child
abuse incident training pursuant to Section
29-7-4.2
NMSA 1978, annually.
(8) A minimum
of one hour training shall be in missing persons and Amber alert training
pursuant to Section
29-7-7.4
NMSA 1978, annually.
(9) A minimum
of two hours training shall be in academy accredited interaction with persons
with mental impairments training pursuant to Section
29-7-7.5
NMSA 1978.
(10) A minimum of 30
minutes training shall be in academy accredited tourniquet and trauma kit
training pursuant to section
29-7-7.7
NMSA 1978, annually.
(11) A minimum
of two hours training shall be in legal update training to include changes in
New Mexico state statutes and recent state and federal case law.
(12) Remaining training hours shall be in
maintenance or advanced areas to meet the agencies specific needs.
B. Required training may be
received through the following means:
(1)
Where scheduling will allow, the New Mexico law enforcement academy will assign
staff to instruct the course at the academy and regional training
sites.
(2) Curriculum developed by
the New Mexico law enforcement academy will be provided to individual agencies
upon request for their own certified instructors to present to their officers,
provided the instructor is qualified in the subject matter.
(3) Individual agencies or private
contractors may develop curriculum for review and approval (accreditation) by
the academy which meets the criteria established by the board.
C. This three-pronged approach
gives all agencies the flexibility they need to address individual training
needs. It also allows the board to implement a planned program of in-service
training that is responsive to the changing demands placed upon law enforcement
and the opportunity to have statewide consistency in certain critical
areas.
D. Implementation is to
begin on January 1, of the first even numbered year of a training
cycle.
E. Officers obtaining
certification within an even numbered year will be required to obtain one-half
of the in-service training requirements. Officers obtaining certification
within an odd numbered year will be required to meet the next two-year
in-service training requirement which will go into effect on January 1 of the
succeeding even numbered year. The in-service training requirements are
applicable in subsequent two-year cycles (one even number year and the
subsequent odd numbered year constitutes a two-year cycle. Officers
transferring from one agency to another will carry with them the responsibility
for in-service training.
