The provisions of Sections 29-2-6 through 29-2-8 NMSA 1978 may be waived by the secretary with regard to plainclothes or special investigators and other employees not regularly uniformed.
History: 1941 Comp., § 40-225, enacted by Laws 1941, ch. 147, § 25; 1953 Comp., § 39-2-25; Laws 1977, ch. 257, § 39; 1979, ch. 202, § 32; 2015, ch. 3, § 20.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by providing authority to the secretary of the department of public safety to waive certain qualification requirement for officers; after "waived by the", deleted "unanimous vote of all members of the New Mexico state police board" and added "secretary", and after "plainclothes", deleted "men".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 29-2-1 - New Mexico state police created.
Section 29-2-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 29-2-3 - New Mexico state police; organization.
Section 29-2-4 - Appointments; removal.
Section 29-2-6 - Qualifications of members.
Section 29-2-7 - Commissioned officers; application; procedure.
Section 29-2-8 - New Mexico state police; commissioned officers; examination.
Section 29-2-9 - Probationary period; length; permanent commission; salary.
Section 29-2-11 - Disciplinary proceedings; appeal.
Section 29-2-13 - Uniforms and badges; uniform allowance to be set by secretary.
Section 29-2-16 - State police school; compensation.
Section 29-2-18 - State police chief and other members; powers and duties.
Section 29-2-19 - Chief; qualifications; removal.
Section 29-2-22 - Rulemaking power; rules to establish standards of conduct.
Section 29-2-25 - Accident reports.
Section 29-2-27 - Security for the governor and the legislature.
Section 29-2-28 - Provide concurrent jurisdiction of state property and grounds.