New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board
Rule 10 NMAC 29.1.11.3 requires any agency employing a certified
law enforcement officer who has committed any act or acts identified
in 10 NMAC 29.1.11.2 (listed below) shall report such conduct to the
Director within thirty (30) days. The Director will establish a reporting
form to be completed by the agency (Form LEA-90). An agency's delay or
failure to report such conduct does not divest the Board of jurisdiction
to take action under NMSA 1978, Section 29-7-13.
Agencies are required
to report the following actions:
- A conviction, entry of plea of guilty
or entry of plea of nolo contendere to any felony charge.
- A conviction, entry of plea of guilty
or entry of plea of nolo contendere to any violation of any federal
or state law or local ordinance relating to aggravated assault, theft,
driving while intoxicated, controlled substances or other crime involving
moral turpitude.
- Making false statements or giving any
false information to the Academy in connection with an application
for admission/certification.
- Committing acts which indicate a lack
of good moral character, or which constitute dishonesty or fraud,
and which adversely affects an officer's ability to exercise his
or her duties as a certified law enforcement officer.
- Committing acts of violence or brutality
which indicates that the officer has abused the authority granted
to him or her as a commissioned law enforcement officer in the State
of New Mexico.
- Is found to have committed acts which
would be grounds for denial of application for admission under 10
NMAC 29.1.10.
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