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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