As used in Chapter 29 NMSA 1978:
A. "chief" or "chief of the state police" means the director of the New Mexico state police division of the department;
B. "commission" means the public safety advisory commission;
C. "department" means the department of public safety;
D. "member of the New Mexico state police" means a commissioned officer of the New Mexico state police, including an officer who is certified and commissioned as of June 30, 2015 in the former motor transportation division or the former special investigations division;
E. "New Mexico law enforcement academy" or "academy" means a division of the department established pursuant to the Law Enforcement Training Act [Chapter 29, Article 7 NMSA 1978];
F. "New Mexico state police" means the New Mexico state police division of the department; and
G. "secretary" means the secretary of public safety.
History: 1978 Comp., § 29-2-1.1, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 254, § 18; 1989, ch. 204, § 22; 2015, ch. 3, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by amending certain law enforcement definitions; in Subsection D, after the second occurrence of "state police," added the remainder of the sentence; in Subsection E, after "means a", deleted "bureau of the training and recruiting", after "department", deleted "of public safety" and added "established pursuant to the Law Enforcement Training Act"; in Subsection F, after the semicolon, added "and"; and deleted former Subsection G and redesignated former Subsection H as Subsection G.
The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, deleted "public safety" preceding "department" in Subsections A and F, and substituted "department of public safety" for "public safety department" in Subsection C, "New Mexico state police" for "department" in Subsection D, and all of the present language of Subsection E following "means" for "the training division of the public safety department".