The board shall:

A. approve or disapprove the appointment of the director by the secretary;

B. develop and implement a planned program of:

(1) basic law enforcement training and in-service law enforcement training, a portion of which may be conducted on a regional basis; and

(2) basic telecommunicator training and in-service telecommunicator training, as provided in the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act [29-7C-1 to 29-7C-9 NMSA 1978], a portion of which may be conducted on a regional basis;

C. prescribe qualifications for instructors and prescribe courses of instruction for:

(1) basic law enforcement training and in-service law enforcement training; and

(2) basic telecommunicator training and in-service telecommunicator training, as provided in the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act;

D. report annually to the governor;

E. in its discretion, accept donations, contributions, grants or gifts from whatever source for the benefit of the academy, which donations, contributions, grants or gifts are appropriated for the use of the academy;

F. adopt, publish and file, in accordance with the provisions of the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978], all regulations and rules concerning the operation of the academy and the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Law Enforcement Training Act and the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act;

G. issue, grant, deny, renew, suspend or revoke a:

(1) peace officer's certification for any cause set forth in the provisions of the Law Enforcement Training Act; and

(2) telecommunicator's certification for any just cause set forth in the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act;

H. administer oaths, subpoena persons and take testimony on any matter within the board's jurisdiction; and

I. perform all other acts appropriate to the development and operation of the academy.

History: 1953 Comp., § 39-6-6, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 264, § 6; 1970, ch. 48, § 4; 1977, ch. 257, § 52; 1979, ch. 202, § 43; 1981, ch. 114, § 3; 1987, ch. 254, § 20; 1993, ch. 255, § 3; 2003, ch. 320, § 1.

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, in Subsection A deleted "of the academy" following "of the director" and deleted "of public safety" following "by the secretary"; rewrote former Subsection B to create present Subsection B and Paragraph B(1); added Subsection B(2); rewrote former Subsection C to create present Subsection C and Paragraph C(1); added Subsection C(2); inserted "and the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act" following "Law Enforcement Training Act" near the end of Subsection F; rewrote former Subsection G to create present Subsection G and Paragraph G(1); added Subsection G(2); and inserted "subpoena persons" following "administer oaths," in Subsection H.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, deleted former Subsection F, which read "promulgate rules concerning the operation of the academy; and"; added present Subsections F, G, and H; and redesignated former Subsection G as present Subsection I.

Board is authorized to set qualifications for instructors at the academy. 1982 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 82-10.

Qualifications for instructors at facilities independent of academy. — Police officers may receive basic law enforcement training at a facility which offers a program which is comparable to or exceeds the standards of the programs of the law enforcement academy. If such comparable programs are offered by a regional training facility certified by the director of the academy with the approval of the board, the board has the authority to prescribe qualifications for instructors. However, if such comparable programs are offered by facilities which are established independently of the law enforcement academy, the board cannot have given that authority. 1982 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 82-10.