The New Mexico state police shall consist of a chief and such patrol officers, sergeants, lieutenants and captains as the secretary may deem advisable within the limits of the funds appropriated for the New Mexico state police; provided that the number of captains, lieutenants and sergeants shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the total number of the police, exclusive of the chief; but this requirement shall not be interpreted so as to require the demotion of any member of the previous state police division, the former motor transportation division or the former special investigations division.
History: 1941 Comp., § 40-203, enacted by Laws 1941, ch. 147, § 3; 1953 Comp., § 39-2-3; Laws 1977, ch. 257, § 21; 1979, ch. 202, § 14; 2015, ch. 3, § 5.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by clarifying references to positions within the organizational structure of the New Mexico state police; after the first occurrence of "chief", added "and"; after "such", deleted "patrolmen" and added "patrol officers"; after "captains as the", deleted "New Mexico state police board" and added "secretary", after "provided", deleted "however", and after "police division", deleted "of the criminal justice department" and added "the former motor transportation division or the former special investigations division".
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