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Introduction to Policies
DPS Administrative Policies
ADM: 01 Policy & Procedure Development
ADM: 03 Grievances
ADM: 04 Internal Investigations
ADM: 05 State-Tribal Collaboration and Communication
ADM: 06 Vehicle Usage for Non-Commissioned Employees
ADM: 07 Equal Employment Opportunity
ADM: 08 Uniform Clothing Allowance
ADM: 09 Tobacco Use
ADM: 10 Responsibility and Request for Keys
ADM: 11 Social Networking/Blog Web Sites and Other Electronic Communications
ADM: 12 Jury/Witness Fees
ADM: 13 Carrying of Firearms
ADM: 14 Alternate Work Schedules Program
ADM: 15 Maternity / Paternity Leave
ADM: 16 Physical Fitness and Wellness Program
ADM: 17 Maintenance Requests
ADM: 18 Fleet Damage
ADM: 19 Inventory System
ADM: 21 INSPECTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (IPRA)
ADM: 22 Safe Driver Program
ADM: 23 Coordination of Grants
ADM: 24 Uniforms, Grooming, and Equipment
ADM: 25 Employee Death and Great Bodily Harm Protocol
ADM: 26 Standard of Conduct for Commissioned Personnel; Code of Conduct for All Employees
ADM: 27 Personnel Relocation Expenses
ADM: 28 Medals & Awards
ADM: 29 Law Enforcement Records
ADM: 30 Tool Allowance
ADM: 31 Access to and Use of Computer-Based Resources
ADM: 33 Contracts and Joint Powers Agreements
ADM: 34 Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
ADM: 35 DPS Facility Identification Badge
ADM: 36 Investigation and Resolution of Complaints
ADM: 37 Tattoos And Body Piercings
ADM: 38 Fees for Offense Incident Reports and Accident Reports Policy
ADM: 39 NM Sex Offender Apprehension Program (SOAP)
ADM: 40 Front Door Entry Policy
ADM: 41 Early Intervention Personnel System
ADM: 42 Procurement Card Program
ADM: 43 Organization and Administration
ADM: 44 Planning, Research and Operational Development
ADM: 45 Americans with Disabilities Act Reasonable Accommodations
ADM: 46 Risk Management
ADM: 47 Discipline
ADM: 48 IT Incident Security
ADM: 49 IT Operations Management
ADM: 50 Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADM: 51 Telework Program
Budget Policies
DPS Finance Policies
Directives
Directive 2012 9mm M and P Email – Directive email 9mm M&P
Directive 2012 357-9mm
Directive 2012 Legal updates Arrest Warrants
Directive 2012 Pilot Pay Plan – NMSP – Directive – Pilot Pay Plan – N.M.S.P.
Directive 2012 Reintroduction of Slick Top Units – Directive – Reintroduction of “Slick Top” Units
Directive 2012 Slick Tops
Directive 2012-01 Compensation On-call Time
Directive 2012-02 Access Privilege Suspension & Equipment Recovery
Directive 2012-02 Access Privilege Suspension and Equipment Recovery
Directive 2013 Response to CMV Crashes – Directive – Response to C.M.V. Crashes
Directive 2013-01 Lts. on Specialty Teams – Directive 2013-01 Lieutenants on Specialty Teams
Directive 2013-01 Wearing of FTO Pin
Directive 2013-01 Wearing of FTO Pin – Directive 2013-01 ADM:24 Uniform Policy Modification (Wearing of FTO pin)
Directive 2013-02 OT on Suspension Days
Directive 2013-02 Overtime During a Pay Period with Suspension Days
Directive 2014-01 – MTPD Uniforms and Grooming
Directive 2014-01 MTPD Uniforms and Grooming
Directive 2014-02 – Security of Other Weapons
Directive 2014-03 – Military Leave
Directive 2015-01 – Weapons Security
Directive 2015-01 Weapons Security
Directive 2015-02 – Cash Permit Sales
Directive 2015-03 – Return Of Firearms Used In An OIS
Directive 2015-03 Return of Weapons used in an OIS
Directive 2015-05 – Service Stripes
Directive 2015-06 – Use Of Deadly Force Leave Reporting
Directive 2015-07 – T.I. Breast Shields
Directive 2015-09 – Use Of Quotes Or Phrases In Email
Directive 2015-10 Inclement Weather
Directive 2015-11 Wearing of Military Service Ribbons and Award Ribbons – Amended
Directive 2016-02 Electronic Proof Of Insurance
Directive 2017-01 Field Lieutenants To Conduct Applicant Pt And Written Tests
Directive 2017-02 Compensatory Time Balances
Directive 2017-04 Promotion-Transfer Process Record Retention
Directive 2017-05 OMI Notification
Directive 2018-01 Retiree Badges
Directive 2019-01 Collection Of Syringes With Liquid Controlled Substances
Directive 2019-03 Modifications To Departmental And Personal Weapons
Directive 2020-01 Wex Fuel Card
Directive 2020-02 COVID-19 RESPONSE
Directive 2020-03 ENFORCEMENT OF CMV DRIVER FMCSA ENGLISH PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT
Directive 2021-01 Compensable Standby Time
Directive 2022-01 Pursuits
Directive 2022-02 – Fuel Conservation
Directive 2022-03 Sergeant Eligibility; Part-Time Specialty Teams
Directive 2022-04 Other Agency Assists
Directive 2022-05 BOLOs and ATLs
Directive 2022-06 Mandatory Attendance of Operational Briefings
Directive 2023-1 Specialty Teams
Directive 2023-02 Shift Differential for NMSP Personnel
Directive 2023-03-Captain Promotion & Transfer Requests
Operations Policies
OPR: 01 Use of Force
OPR: 02 Intelligence Collection
OPR: 03 Domestic Violence Investigations
OPR: 04 Automated External Defibrillator
OPR: 05 Hollow Spike Belt, Stop Sticks, P.I.T. Maneuver, and other Forcible Stops
OPR: 06 Line and Staff Inspections
OPR: 07 Use of Mobile Fingerprint Identification (MFID) System
OPR: 08 Vehicular Pursuits
OPR: 09 Residency Requirement
OPR: 10 Compliance Operations
OPR: 11 Analytical Services
OPR: 12 Exposure Control Plan
OPR: 13 Tactical Emergency Medical Support Team
OPR: 14 Wearing of Protective Vests
OPR: 15 Premise Inspections
OPR: 16 Vehicle/Sticker Decals
OPR: 17 Evidence/Property Handling
OPR: 18 State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit
OPR: 19 Use of Recording Equipment
OPR: 20 DPS Canine (K-9) Handlers
OPR: 21 State Police Search & Recovery Team
OPR: 22 State Police Tactical Team
OPR: 23 Field Interviews and Pat-Down Searches
OPR: 24 Peer/Officer Support Team
OPR: 25 Shipment of Highway Route Controlled Quantities of Radioactive Materials
OPR: 26 New Mexico Mounted Patrol
OPR: 27 Citizen Encounters and Bias-Based Profiling
OPR: 28 Foreign Nationals; Consular Notification and Access
OPR: 29 Investigation of Use of Force Incidents Resulting in Death or Great Bodily Harm
OPR: 30 Critical Incidents, Special Operations and Homeland Security
OPR: 31 Telecommunications
OPR: 32 State Police Motor Team
OPR: 33 Arrests
OPR: 34 Patrol Operations
OPR: 35 Impact Operations
OPR: 36 Vehicle Towing and Inventory
OPR: 37 Release of Public Information/Department Use of Social Media
OPR: 38 Juvenile Enforcement and Custody
OPR: 39 Criminal Investigations
OPR: 40 Crime Scenes
OPR: 41 Traffic Control and Enforcement Operations
OPR: 42 Search and Seizure
OPR: 43 Missing and Endangered Persons Investigations Alerts and Advisories
OPR: 44 State Police Bomb Team
OPR: 45 Traffic Crash Investigation
OPR: 46 NALOXONE
OPR: 47 Interaction with Persons Suspected of Suffering from Mental Illness
OPR: 48 Digital Cameras
OPR: 49 New Mexico State Police Aircraft Section
OPR: 50 Automated License Plate Readers
OPR: 51 Investigation of Persons Suspected of Driving Under the Influence
OPR: 52 Lineups, Show-ups, and Photographic Identification
OPR: 53 State Police Pistol Team
OPR: 54 Safe Haven for Infants
OPR: 55 Radiological-Nuclear Detection Alarm Response
OPR: 56 State Police Unmanned Aircraft Systems
OPR: 57 Safety Inspections
OPR: 58 Credential Checks
OPR: 59 Size and Weight-Vehicle Approach Checks
OPR: 60 CSA Investigations
OPR: 61 Oversize-Overweight Permits
OPR: 62 State Police Crisis Negotiation Team
OPR: 63 Civil Disturbance Response
OPR: 64 State Police Emergency Response Team
OPR: 65 Electronic Communications Privacy Act
OPR: 66 Polygraph Policy
OPR: 67 Fentanyl
OPR: 68 Victim Advocacy Program
OPR: 69 Extreme Risk Protection Order Policy
OPR: 70 Duty to Intervene
OPR: 71 De-escalation
OPR: 72 Deconfliction
OPR: 73 Honor Guard
Personnel Policies
PRS: 01 DPS Commissoned Personnel Reinstatement
PRS: 02 Tuition Reimbursement
PRS: 03 Promotional Standards
PRS: 04 Workers’ Compensation Program
PRS: 05 Inactive Personnel Files, Maintenance and Retention
PRS: 06 Biannual Limited Background Investigations
PRS: 07 Special Appointed Commissioned Officer of the New Mexico State Police
PRS: 08 Statewide Paid Parental Leave Policy
PRS: 09 Bereavement Leave
PRS: 10 Long Term Military Deployment and Reintegration
PRS: 11 State Police Duty – Injury Leave
PRS: 12 Demotion
PRS: 13 Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations
PRS: 14 Holiday Duties
PRS: 15 Absences from Work
PRS: 16 New Mexico State Police Officer Pay Plan
PRS: 18 Retirements and Resignations
PRS: 19 Modified/Limited Duty
PRS: 20 Personnel Files
PRS: 21 Drug and Alcohol Testing
PRS: 23 Involuntary or Voluntary Separation from Employment
PRS: 24 State Police Transfers
PRS: 25 Use of Breast Pumps in the Work Place
PRS: 26 Classified Employee Compensation Policy
PRS: 27 Performance Appraisal and Development Policy
PRS: 28 Victim / Witness Assistance
PRS: 30 Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Involving DPS Employees
PRS: 31 Covid-19 Mitigation, Self-Screening and Reporting policy abd Procedures
PRS: 32 Non-Mandatory Telework Policy
PRS: 33 State Police Work Performance Evaluations
PRS: 34 Investigations Bureau-Agents’ Selection Process
PRS: 35 Employee Assistance Program
Search & Rescue Policies
NM SAR Operating Procedures Manual
SAR: 01 Standard Operating Procedures for and Identification of Search and Rescue Personnel
SAR: 02 Search and Rescue Field Coordinator
SAR: 03 Donations During Search and Rescue Incidents Under the New Mexico Search and Rescue Plan
SAR: 04 State Authorized Search and Rescue Training Missions
SAR: 05 Search And Rescue Mission And Task Force Typing
SAR: 06 Search And Rescue Incident Reports
SAR: 07 Vehicle Operations During Search And Rescue
SAR: 08 Search and Rescue Plan
Training Policies
DPS Administrative Policies
Annual Reports
NM Forfeiture Act Reports
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has created a Seizure & Forfeiture application to address the reporting requirements of the New Mexico Forfeiture Act for law enforcement agencies. The law enforcement agencies will be responsible to request access to the Seizure & Forfeiture application from DPS.
To obtain access to the application, the law enforcement agencies will need Virtual Private Network (VPN) access to the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Portal and a CJIS account with the correct permission (database role). A credential sheet will need to be filled out, signed, and emailed back to the DPS Servicedesk at dps.servicedesk@dps.nm.gov. Note that the permission (database role) for the Seizure & forfeitures application has been filled out under “Account Access Request” portion on the credential sheet. In addition, if an agency user does not currently have a CJIS account, they must complete the 28 CFR Training and sign and scan the acknowledgement form back to DPS Servicedesk and maintain a copy for your records.
If you have any questions, please contact the DPS Servicedesk at dps.servicedesk@dps.nm.gov or 505-827-3413.
In compliance with the New Mexico Forfeiture Act reporting requirements, the NMDPS has posted New Mexico Law Enforcement Agencies’ 2015 seizure and forfeiture statistics. The NMDPS is only the repository for this information. Requests for additional information regarding specific seizures should be directed to the seizing agency. If a specific agency is not listed on the report, that agency has not submitted seizure and forfeiture statistics to the NMDPS.
2015 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
2016 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
2017 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
2018 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
2019 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
2020 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
2021 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
2022 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
2023 Forfeiture Aggregate Report
Annual Cannabis Violations Reports
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is committed to transparency and community engagement through its Annual Cannabis Violations Report. Each year, police and sheriff’s departments statewide are required to submit data on cannabis-related arrests, citations, and penalties within sixty days after the fiscal year ends (June 30). By November 1, DPS releases a comprehensive report that offers the public a detailed look into enforcement trends, with data categorized by agency, age, race, ethnicity, and gender to illustrate how cannabis regulations are applied across New Mexico. All past reports remain accessible on our website, empowering the community to stay informed.
A. Within sixty days following the end of each fiscal year, every police and sheriff’s department shall report on a form approved by the Department of Public Safety, the total number of arrests, citations and penalty assessments for cannabis-related violations broken down by:
(1) category and penalty level; and
(2) race, ethnicity, age, and gender.
B. Each law enforcement agency shall submit its annual report to the Department of Public Safety.
C. The Department of Public Safety shall compile the reports submitted and shall issue by November 1 of each year an annual report of all cannabis-related violations in the state. The report shall aggregate the data for the state and shall disaggregate the data by agency, race, ethnicity, age, and gender. The Department of Public Safety shall make all annual reports submitted for previous fiscal years available on the Department of Public Safety’s website.
D. For purposes of this section, “cannabis-related violation” means a violation of any of Sections 27 through 31 [26-2C-27 to 26-2C-31 NMSA 1978] of the Cannabis Regulation Act or a violation of Section 66-8-102 or 66-13-3 NMSA 1978 if the basis for the arrest or citation is impairment due to the use of cannabis products.
History: Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 33