The director shall:
A. provide probation and parole services and supervise probationers and parolees;
B. assign officers to serve in each judicial district. Selection and assignment of officers to each judicial district shall be made by the director;
C. obtain office quarters for the staff in each district as necessary;
D. assign the secretarial, bookkeeping and accounting work to clerical employees;
E. direct the work of the officers and other employees;
F. formulate methods of investigation, supervision, recordkeeping and reports;
G. conduct training courses for the staff;
H. seek to cooperate with all agencies, public and private, that are concerned with the treatment or welfare of persons on probation or parole;
I. report to the parole board concerning the status of parolees under his supervision; and
J. perform such other duties as directed by the secretary of corrections.
History: 1953 Comp., § 41-17-21, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 232, § 10; 1963, ch. 301, § 9; 1975, ch. 194, § 7; 1977, ch. 257, § 56; 1990, ch. 7, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For state board of probation and parole as referring to corrections division, see 33-1-7 NMSA 1978.
The 1990 amendment, effective May 16, 1990, deleted "with the advice and consent of the judge of the district" at the end of Subsection B, made a minor stylistic change in Subsection H, and substituted "secretary of corrections" for "secretary of the criminal justice department" at the end of Subsection J.
Court not required to enforce abstention from searches by probation officers. — Statutory provisions that require the director to supervise probationers, direct the work of probation officers and formulate methods of supervision do not require a court to enforce the provisions of the manual of instructions for parole officers concerning abstention from searches by probation officers. State v. Gardner, 1980-NMCA-122, 95 N.M. 171, 619 P.2d 847.
Law reviews. — For note, "Due Process, Equal Protection and the New Mexico Parole System," see 2 N.M.L. Rev. 234 (1972).