N.M. Admin. Code § 10.29.4.10

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 10.29.4.10 - SPECIALIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTOR

A. To qualify for a specialized law enforcement instructor certification, an applicant shall be required to demonstrate to the director proof of skills, successful experience, and training in the related field for which they will be providing instruction, and must meet the following requirements:

(1) must be sponsored by a law enforcement agency in the state of New Mexico; this requirement may be waived by the director upon written request based on a showing of previous training/experience in the field for which certification is requested; the following fields will require specialized training:

(a) high risk, including such areas as firearms, baton, unarmed self-defense, etc.; and

(b) specialized training, two years assignment to the specialty and a showing of a number of cases in the field that the applicant brought to a logical conclusion;

(c) technical, including such areas as fingerprinting, photography, accident investigation, traffic enforcement, vehicle operations, radio-dispatching, etc.;

(2) completion of a 40 hour instructor training or development course, or equivalent training approved in writing by the director; and

B. Applicants for certification who have federal training or certifications, or who have training or hold certifications from another state that meets or exceeds the minimum instructor requirements for the state of New Mexico, may be considered by the director upon written request for specialized instructor status upon successful proof of skills and equivalency standards set forth in this section.

C. Qualified applicants for a specialized law enforcement instructor designation will be issued a certification for a period of two or more years.

D. An evaluation will be completed by the students subsequent to the completion of each class taught by the instructor; the agency administrator responsible for conducting the class shall review the evaluations and maintain the course rosters to ensure the quality of the instruction.

E. The director will maintain and provide to all agencies a listing of those courses which require an instructor to provide supporting documentation of training for certification to instruct in either the high risk or technical law enforcement training areas.

F. Specialized instructor certification subject areas: The following list is provided to each agency to assist in determining the area in which specialized training or prior training experience must be achieved by the individual requesting instructor certification in the high risk or technical areas. This list is by no means all-inclusive and the academy will determine whether the request qualifies in either the high risk or technical areas if not included below:

(1) High risk: use of force; baton, bombs, crowd control, officer survival, emergency vehicle operations, motorcycle operations, unarmed self-defense; and firearms.

(2) Technical: accident investigation, accident reconstruction, auto theft, child abuse, civil-vicarious liability, crime prevention, electronic surveillance, executive development, evidence, crisis intervention, field training officer, fingerprinting, hazardous materials, homicide investigation, intoxilyzer, jail administration, legal/criminal laws, photography, police officer as prosecutor, polygraph, national crime information center (NCIC), computer aided dispatch (CAD), search and seizure, and traffic enforcement.

G. Renewal of a firearms instructor certification shall require successful completion of an approved 16 hour firearms instructor update prior to renewal application.

N.M. Admin. Code § 10.29.4.10

9/14/85; 9/2/93; 10/1/97; 4/1/99; 10.29.4.10 NMAC - 10 NMAC 29.4.10, 7/1/01; A, 4/30/08, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 12, June 27, 2017, eff. 6/27/2017