It is hereby declared to be the duty of every sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable and every other peace officer to investigate all violations of the criminal laws of the state which are called to the attention of any such officer or of which he is aware, and it is also declared the duty of every […]
All state and local law enforcement agencies are hereby authorized to participate in the Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965 (Public Law 98-197 [89-197]). History: 1953 Comp., § 39-1-11, enacted by Laws 1966, ch. 24, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The federal Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965 was codified as a note […]
Any law enforcement agency of the state of New Mexico may receive and spend for law enforcement activities, in addition to amounts appropriated to it, transfers from the United States department of justice or the United States department of the treasury pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 881(e) (1970), and the Tariff […]
A. All persons who are duly commissioned officers of the police or sheriff’s department of any New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or who are law enforcement officers employed by the bureau of Indian affairs and are assigned in New Mexico are, when commissioned under Subsection B of this section, recognized and authorized to […]
An officer or employee of the Arizona department of corrections who has in his custody, pursuant to Arizona law, a ward, offender or prisoner of the state of Arizona whom he is transporting from a facility in Arizona to another point in Arizona via New Mexico or to a point in New Mexico for firefighting […]
A peace officer shall immediately inventory and record any personal property that comes into his possession and is taken under authority of law or is left in his possession or in the possession of the state, county or municipality. As used in Sections 29-1-13 through 29-1-15 NMSA 1978, “peace officer” means any full-time employee of […]
A. Any personal property having a fair market value greater than fifty dollars ($50.00) that has been unclaimed by the true owner, is no longer necessary for use in obtaining a conviction, is not needed for any other public purpose and has been in the possession of a state, county or municipal law enforcement agency […]
A. Any money derived by a peace officer from the sale of unclaimed personal property shall be paid to the appropriate treasurer for credit to the general fund of the state, county or municipality. B. Any person purchasing unclaimed personal property at a public auction conducted by a peace officer has good title to the […]
A. A state or local law enforcement officer shall comply when reasonably able to do so with the following procedures when conducting a custodial interrogation: (1) the custodial interrogation shall be electronically recorded in its entirety; (2) if conducted in a police station, the custodial interrogation shall be electronically recorded by a method that includes […]
When a law enforcement officer interviews an alleged identity theft victim, the law enforcement officer shall make a written report of the information provided by the victim and by witnesses on appropriate forms provided by the attorney general. A copy of the police report shall be filed with the office of the attorney general. History: […]
A. A law enforcement agency shall require peace officers the agency employs and who routinely interact with the public to wear a body-worn camera while on duty. Each law enforcement agency subject to the provisions of this section shall adopt policies and procedures governing the use of body-worn cameras, including: (1) requiring activation of a […]
No sheriff of a county, mayor of a city or other person authorized by law to appoint special deputy sheriffs, marshals, policemen or other peace officers in the state of New Mexico to preserve the public peace and to prevent and quell public disturbances shall appoint as such special deputy sheriff, marshal, policeman or other […]
