A. All new appointments as members of the New Mexico state police shall be for a probationary period of two years. During the probationary period, the new members may be removed or suspended at the discretion of the chief. At the end of two years of satisfactory service and upon recommendation of the chief and with concurrence of the secretary, the appointee may receive a permanent commission as a member of the New Mexico state police. However, the probationary period may be extended beyond a two-year period upon the recommendation of the chief with the concurrence of the secretary. This subsection shall not apply to officers who are certified and commissioned as of June 30, 2015 in the former motor transportation division or the former special investigations division. Members who are on probation on July 1, 2015 shall complete the probationary period under which they were hired.
B. The salaries of all members of the New Mexico state police, probationary and permanent, and that of the chief shall be fixed by the secretary.
History: 1941 Comp., § 40-209, enacted by Laws 1941, ch. 147, § 9; 1953, ch. 80, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 39-2-9; Laws 1977, ch. 257, § 26; 1979, ch. 202, § 20; 2015, ch. 3, § 11.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by clarifying certain duties of the secretary of public safety and amending qualification requirements for certain officers; designated the previously undesignated paragraphs as Subsections A and B; in the second sentence of Subsection A, deleted each occurrence of "such" and added "the", after "chief", deleted "of the New Mexico state police"; in the third sentence of Subsection A, after "concurrence of the", deleted "New Mexico state police board" and added "secretary"; in the fourth sentence of Subsection A, deleted "board" and added "secretary"; added the fifth sentence relating to certain certified and commissioned officers; and in Subsection B, after "fixed by the", deleted board and added "secretary".
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