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NMDPS was created by the enactment of the Department of Public Safety Act in 1986. The department brought together the formerly independent New Mexico State Police, the Governor's Organized Crime Commission, the Motor Transportation Division of the Taxation and Revenue Department, the enforcement division of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and the New Mexico law enforcement ...
The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) is the law enforcement agency of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Administered by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, it has jurisdiction anywhere in the state, often working in tandem with local and federal law enforcement. Founded in 1905, NMSP's official mission is to protect the lives, property and ...
Jul. 3—An online database of police misconduct cases in New Mexico went live this week, giving the public a window into which police officers have been accused of misconduct statewide. State ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of New Mexico. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics ' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 146 law enforcement agencies employing 5,010 sworn police officers, about 252 for each 100,000 residents.
Aug. 21—As New Mexico Public Safety Secretary Jason Bowie said, the work of law enforcement officers is often a thankless job. But on Wednesday at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Albuquerque, four ...
Aug. 12—SANTA FE — Nearly half of the $424.7 million appropriated by lawmakers for New Mexico public safety initiatives over the past five years has gone unspent, due largely to high vacancy ...
The Albuquerque Police Department underwent significant changes under Chief Paul Shaver (1948–1971) who remains the city's longest-serving police chief. [7] During his tenure, Albuquerque's population more than doubled from 96,000 to 250,000 residents, resulting in Albuquerque Police Department growing from 30 police officers to 380.
As police needs increased, the Mounted Patrol was renamed the New Mexico Mounted Police in 1905 and became the state's first law enforcement agency when New Mexico achieved statehood in 1912. [ 3 ] Criminal elements of the state government repeatedly attempted to get rid of the Mounted Police and even succeeded in defunding the agency from 1913 ...