N.M. Stat. § 9-19-7 (2026)

specified by law; access to information.
    A. The organizational units of the department and the officers of those units
specified by law shall have all the powers and duties enumerated in the specific laws
involved. However, the carrying out of those powers and duties shall be subject to the
direction and supervision of the secretary, who shall retain the final decision-making
authority and responsibility for the administration of any such laws as provided in
Subsection B of Section 9-19-6 NMSA 1978. The department shall have access to all
records, data and information of other state departments, agencies and institutions,
including its own organizational units, not specifically held confidential by law.

   B. The New Mexico state police division shall consist of the commissioned officers
and civilian personnel of the New Mexico state police and such other personnel as may
be assigned by the secretary or by the governor pursuant to an executive order as
authorized in the Department of Public Safety Act. The New Mexico state police division
shall also include:
       (1)    the special investigations unit, which shall consist of the enforcement
personnel of the former special investigations division and civilian personnel as may be
assigned by the secretary or by the governor pursuant to an executive order as
authorized in the Department of Public Safety Act. The unit is responsible for the
enforcement of the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act [60-2F-1 to 60-2F-26 NMSA 1978]
and the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978];

      (2)   the training and recruiting bureau, which shall consist of the personnel of
the New Mexico state police training division and all civilian personnel and functions of
the department as the secretary may transfer to the bureau;

       (3)   the motor transportation police bureau, which shall consist of the
enforcement and civilian personnel of the former motor transportation division. The
bureau is responsible for enforcing the Motor Carrier Act [Chapter 65, Article 2A NMSA
1978], the Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 65, Articles 1, 3 and 5 NMSA 1978], the
Motor Vehicle Code [Chapter 66, Articles 1 through 8 NMSA 1978, except 66-7-102.1
NMSA 1978] and the Criminal Code [Chapter 30 NMSA 1978]; and

      (4)     civilian employees of the former motor transportation division or the former
special investigations division, who shall be subject to the provisions of the Personnel
Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978].

    C. The New Mexico law enforcement academy shall consist of personnel of the New
Mexico law enforcement academy and such other functions as the secretary may
transfer to it.

   D. The technical support division shall consist of functions such as crime laboratory
and records.

   E. The administrative services division shall consist of the administrative services as
the secretary deems necessary.

   F. The information technology division shall consist of such functions as computer
and technology support as the secretary deems necessary.

History: 1978 Comp., § 9-18-7, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 254, § 7; 1989, ch. 204, § 6;
2007, ch. 291, § 8; 2015, ch. 3, § 3.

                                    ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For the Liquor Control Act, see 60-3A-1 NMSA 1978 and notes
thereto.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the
department of public safety by placing the special investigations division, the training
and recruiting division, and the motor transportation division as bureaus under the New
Mexico state police division of the department of public safety, and by clarifying the
functions of other divisions within the department of public safety; in the introductory
paragraph of Subsection B, after "personnel", deleted "including all communications
equipment operators" and after the second occurrence of "New Mexico state police",
deleted "uniform division and the commissioned officers and civilian personnel of the
New Mexico state police criminal division", and added the last sentence; redesignated
Subsection C as Paragraph 1 of Subsection B; in the first sentence of Subsection B,
Paragraph 1, after the first occurrence of "special investigations", deleted "division" and
added "unit, which", after "personnel of the", deleted "department of alcoholic beverage
control" and added "former special investigations division", after "division", deleted
"such other" and added "and civilian", in the second sentence of Subsection B,
Paragraph 1, deleted "division" and added "unit", and added "New Mexico" to the "Bingo
and Raffle Act"; added Paragraphs 2 through 4 of Subsection B; added a new
Subsection C relating to the New Mexico law enforcement academy; in Subsection D,
after "such as", deleted "communications"; deleted former Subsection E and
redesignated former Subsection F as the new Subsection E; in Subsection E, after the
second occurrence of "services", deleted "and services divisions of the New Mexico
state police and those administrative support personnel of the other existing
departments, divisions or offices"; and added a new Subsection F relating to the
information technology division.

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2015, ch. 3, § 43 provided:

On July 1, 2015:

A.     all personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies and other
property of the special investigations and motor transportation divisions of the
department of public safety shall be transferred to the New Mexico state police division
of the department of public safety;

B.     all contracts pertaining to the special investigations and motor transportation
divisions of the department of public safety shall be binding and effective on the
department of public safety; and

C.     all references in law to the special investigations or motor transportation division
of the department of public safety shall be deemed to refer to the New Mexico state
police division of the department of public safety.

Laws 2015, ch. 3, § 44 provided:

On July 1, 2015:

A.     all personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies and other
property of the training and recruiting division of the department of public safety shall be
transferred to the New Mexico law enforcement academy division of the department of
public safety;
B.     all contracts pertaining to the training and recruiting division of the department of
public safety shall be binding and effective on the New Mexico law enforcement
academy division of the department of public safety; and

C.     all references in law to the training and recruiting division of the department of
public safety shall be deemed to refer to the New Mexico law enforcement academy
division of the department of public safety.

The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, eliminated the staff of the governor’s
organized crime prevention commission as a part of the special investigations division,
and in Subsection D, provided that the technical support division shall perform functions
such as communications, crime laboratory and records.