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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Martinez
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/27/07
HB
SHORT TITLE Rio Arriba Law Enforcement Needs
SJM 63
ANALYST Peery-Galon
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Response Received From
Department of Public Safety (DPS)
No Response Received From
New Mexico Association of Counties
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Joint Memorial 63 calls for the Legislature to “recognize the need for additional state
police officers in Rio Arriba County to reinforce community efforts to halt and reverse the
escalation of criminal activity and unsafe behavior that is adversely affecting the residents of Rio
Arriba County."
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
DPS uses manpower allocation formulas which are a combination of population and calls for
service to determine the number of officers required for staffing districts. DPS states to currently
authorize extra personnel would not be prudent until the New Mexico State Police can fill
existing vacancies. A recent salary increase has improved recruiting and the department hopes to
fill existing vacancies statewide. DPS notes that several communities around the state are
feeling the effects of high vacancy rates, as these vacancies decline the state police hope to better
address the needs of all rural New Mexico communities.
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Senate Joint Memorial 63 – Page
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In January 2006, DPS completed a compensation plan that endorsed $6.4 million in pay raises
for commissioned officers. The compensation plan endorsed an average pay increase of 17.3
percent for State Police officers, 20.2 percent for Special Investigation Division officers and 18
percent for Motor Transportation Division officers. The Legislature and governor appropriated a
pay increase of $5.7 million for FY07. Although the appropriation for FY07 is short by
$650,100 from DPS’s compensation plan, the department is providing pay increases as stated in
the plan.
DPS’s Key Quarterly Measure Report, for the second quarter of fiscal year 2007, shows the New
Mexico State Police had 72, or 13.5 percent, vacant positions. The state police are authorized for
605 commissioned officers and have not had an increase in the number of commissioned officers
since fiscal year 2002.
Number of Appropriated State Police Officers by Assignment
State Police
Organizational Unit FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07
Chief's Office
4
4
4
6
8
8
7
Zone Commanders
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Governor's Security
9
9
9
14 14 14 14
Special Operations
8
8
8
16 16 16 18
D-01 - Santa Fe
25 29 29 28 28 28 28
D-02 - Las Vegas
49 52 52 47 46 47 47
D-03 - Roswell
35 35 35 32 32 32 32
D-04 - Las Cruces
24 27 27 28 28 28 28
D-05 - Albuquerque 44 48 48 45 46 46 46
D-06 - Gallup
31 36 36 34 33 33 33
D-07 - Espanola
44 51 51 55 54 54 54
D-08 - Alamogordo
25 26 26 23 24 23 23
D-09 - Clovis
39 44 44 43 43 43 43
D-10 - Farmington
31 34 34 32 32 32 32
D-11 - Socorro
25 26 26 26 26 26 26
D-12 - Deming
31 36 36 33 34 33 33
Investigation Bureau 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Criminal Section
49 56 56 57 57 57 57
Narcotics Section
53 60 61 63 62 63 62
State Police Training 12 12 12 12 11 11 12
Standards Bureau
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
TOTALS
550 605 605 605 605 605 605
Source: Department of Public Safety
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
Senate Joint Memorial 63 has a relationship with House Memorial 26.
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