2023 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 29 - Law Enforcement
Article 7 - Law Enforcement Training
Section 29-7-6.1 - County sheriffs; training requirement.

A. Every county sheriff, except sheriffs who have previously been awarded a certificate attesting to completion of a basic law enforcement training program, shall participate in and complete an administrative law enforcement training program no later than twelve months after the date the sheriff assumes office as a county sheriff.

B. The director shall establish the administrative law enforcement training program for county sheriffs, subject to review and approval by the executive committee of the sheriff's affiliate of the New Mexico association of counties.

C. A county sheriff's per diem, mileage and tuition expenses attributed to attendance at the administrative law enforcement training shall be paid for by the governing body of the county served by that sheriff.

History: 1978 Comp., § 29-7-6.1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 255, § 7; 2015, ch. 3, § 24; 2023, ch. 86, § 4.

The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, provided that county sheriffs are eligible to attend the academy and are eligible to receive certification; added a new Subsection A and redesignated former Subsections A through C as Subsections B through D, respectively.

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2023, ch. 86, § 15 provided that the rules of the New Mexico law enforcement academy board shall continue in effect until amended or repealed by the New Mexico law enforcement standards and training council or the law enforcement certification board, as applicable.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by amending language relating to training requirements for county sheriffs; in Subsection A, after "date", deleted "he" and added "the sheriff"; and in Subsection B, after "director", deleted "of the training and recruiting division of the department of public safety".