2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 9 - Executive Department
Article 19 - Department of Public Safety
Section 9-19-3 - Purpose.
9-19-3. Purpose.
The purpose of the Department of Public Safety Act is to establish a single, unified department to consolidate state law enforcement and safety functions in order to provide better management, real coordination and more efficient use of state resources and manpower in responding to New Mexico's public safety needs and problems and to improve the professionalism of the state's law enforcement and investigative functions and personnel.
History: 1978 Comp., 9-18-3, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 254, 3; 1989, ch. 204, 3.
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