New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 29 - LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY
Part 9 - POLICE OFFICER
Section 10.29.9.10 - POLICE OFFICER REGISTRY REPORTING AND APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION/CERTIFICATION
Universal Citation: 10 NM Admin Code 10.29.9.10
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Reporting Requirements:
(1) Employment, termination, or conviction of
any felony charge or violation of any federal or state law or local ordinance
relating to aggravated assault, theft, driving while intoxicated, controlled
substances or other crime involving moral turpitude of all peace officers in
the state of New Mexico must be reported to the New Mexico law enforcement
academy within 30 days of such action.
(2) Required reporting forms shall be
established by the director of the New Mexico law enforcement
academy.
(3) All law enforcement
agencies who do not comply with the requirement of submitting to the New Mexico
law enforcement academy status reports on their employees will not be eligible
for training funds or attendance at basic or in-service/advanced training
classes until the registry is made current. Repeated failures to maintain the
registry shall result in a period of suspension of training eligibility to be
set by the director of the New Mexico law enforcement academy.
(4) In order to protect the lives and safety
of the officer involved, any law enforcement agency employing undercover
officers may indicate, in writing, a desire to protect the officer's identity.
If such indication is made, the officer's name shall not appear in the general
office registry. His name and other information requested shall however be
furnished to the New Mexico law enforcement academy.
B. Application Requirements:
(1) An applicant for training or for
certification, or his department, must submit the initial application for
admission/certification and all necessary paperwork within 30 days of the
initial hire date for said applicant.
(2) Non-compliance with the 30 day
application requirement will result in assignment to class after completion of
all other requirements herein on a space available basis only - no special
consideration will be given the applicant and the applicant must have his
commission suspended if he exceeds one year from initial hire date.
(3) No applicant shall be admitted to the New
Mexico law enforcement academy after one year of initial hire date unless the
applicant and his chief, sheriff, or agency head certify:
(a) that he was suspended from duty as a law
enforcement officer and his commission revoked within one year of his initial
hire date; and
(b) that the
department will reinstate the officer based upon his successful completion of
the basic training course and certification by the New Mexico law enforcement
academy board.
(4) The
New Mexico law enforcement academy shall be notified of any change in the
medical or psychological condition of an applicant prior to his admission or
certification.
(5) Applicants who
falsify any information on their application for admission or certification
will not be considered for admission or certification.
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