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The NMLESTC will carry out statutorily defined functions as set forth in the Law Enforcement Training Act, NMSA §29-7-1 through 29-7-16. As provided within the laws, temporary provisions have been provided (Laws 2023, ch. 86, § 15) mandating rules of the Law Enforcement Academy Board, 10.29.1 through 10.29.10 NMAC, shall continue in effect until amended or repealed by the Law Enforcement Certification Board and/or the New Mexico Law Enforcement Standards and Training Council, as applicable. Council meetings are conducted and noticed in accordance with the Open Meetings Act (OMA), NMSA 1978, Sections 10-15-1 to 10-15-4.

NMLESTC

The New Mexico Law Enforcement Standards and Training Council is established in NMSA §29-7-3 and administratively attached to the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy of the Department of Public Safety, which shall provide staff support for the council. The council is charged with developing and promulgating training requirements, curricula and methods; professional development programs; and performance standards for law enforcement officers and public safety telecommunicators at all levels, including basic, field training officer programs, advanced, specialized and instructor training to be consistent throughout New Mexico.

The council consists of the NMLEA Director and the Directors of the accredited regional law enforcement training facilities, who serve ex officio; and eleven additional members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate, to include: (a) one attorney employed in a district attorney’s office; (b) one attorney employed by the public defender department; (c) one certified police chief of a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo; (d) two New Mexico state-certified public safety telecommunicators, one of whom shall be from an agency that offers fire and medical telecommunications services and one of whom shall be from a public safety agency serving a rural part of the state; (e) two members who have experience and specialize in providing adult education; (f) two citizen-at-large members, one of whom has behavioral health expertise and neither of whom is an active or retired law enforcement officer or public safety telecommunicator or has a familial or financial connection to an active or retired law enforcement officer or public safety telecommunicator or any agency or department for which a law enforcement officer or public safety telecommunicator works; (g) a sheriff who is a New Mexico state-certified law enforcement officer; and (h) a municipal law enforcement manager who is a New Mexico-state certified law enforcement officer in a command position.

Council Members

Mr. Benjamin A Baker

NM Law Enforcement Academy Director

Benjamin.Baker@dps.nm.gov

Lt. Santiago Roybal

Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Regional Training Academy Director

sroybal@bernco.gov

Mr. Joshua Savage

Las Cruces Police Department Training Academy Director

jsavage@las-cruces.org

Mr. Gilbert Najar

Western New Mexico University Police Director

gilbert.najar@wnmu.edu

Mr. Guadalupe Tarango

gtarango@socorronm.gov

Mr. Kevin Bruno

bruno2179@msn.com

Chief Adrian Armijo

Pueblo of Sandia

amarmijo@sandiapueblo.nsn.us

Lt. Jacob Garcia

NM State Police Satellite Training Academy Director

jacob.garcia1@dps.nm.gov

Mr. Ray Fritts

Central New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Director

rfritts@cnm.edu

Sgt. Jonathan Jensen

San Juan County Criminal Justice Training Authority Director

jjensen@fmtn.org

District Attorney Sam Bregman

Bernalillo County District Attorney

sam.bregman@da2nd.state.nm.us

Ms. Nicole Marie Brown

nbrown@sjcounty911.net

Sheriff Dennis V. Garcia, II

Quay County Sheriff's Office

dennis.garcia@quaycounty-nm.gov

Sara Millspaugh, Ph.D.

smillspaugh@goldforensics.com

Lt. Joseph Viers

Albuquerque Police Regional Satellite Academy Director

jviers@cabq.gov

Cpt. Samuel Ramos

Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office Regional Satellite Academy Director

samuelr@donaanacounty.org

Walter Coburn

Southeastern New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy

wcoburn@nmjc.edu

Mr. Mark Francis Swanson

mark.swanson@lopdnm.us

Cpt. Richard Hunt Mathews

richard.mathews@dps.nm.gov

Chief Mizel Garcia

Espanola Police Department

magarcia@espanolanm.gov

Teresa Marie Beaty, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Environmental Science, NNMC

teresa.beaty@nnmc.edu

2023 NMLESTC Board Meetings

Regular Board Meeting for the New Mexico Law Enforcement Standards and Training Council, Thursday, November 16, 2023, 9:00AM

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023

Time: 9:00 am

Place:

Parking pass required, email Laura.Escarcida@dps.nm.gov to request a printable pass or passes will be available at the meeting.

CNM Law Enforcement Academy & Public Safety 911 Dispatcher Programs

Central New Mexico Community College

10549 Universe Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114

Agenda:

NMLESTC Regular Meeting Agenda

If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the Board Administrator at least ten days prior to the meeting or as soon as possible at (505) 827-9290 or Laura.Escarcida@dps.nm.gov. Public documents can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the Board administrator if an accessible format is needed. The meeting agenda can be found on our website at: https://www.lea.nm.gov/board-members-and-staff/, or you may request a copy by contacting the Board administrator.

Meeting Minutes

COMING SOON!

Regular Board Meeting for both the Law Enforcement Standards and Training Council: and Law Enforcement Certification Board Thursday, September 21,2023, 9:00AM

Both public bodies will convene together at 9:00 am for a joint orientation and in-service training. At the end of the orientation, the Council will convene for a regular meeting followed by a regular meeting of the Board.

Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023

Time: 9:00 am for joint training followed by regular meetings

Place: New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy

Main Auditorium
4491 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, NM 87507

Agenda:

Meeting Minutes

NMLEA Board

(Board Disassembled)

2023 NMLEA Board Meetings

Regular Board Meeting Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 9:00AM

In-Person

If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the Board administrator at least ten days prior to the meeting or as soon as possible at (505) 827-9290 or Laura.Escarcida@dps.nm.gov. Public documents can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the administrator if an accessible format is needed.

Location:
New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy
4491 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, NM 87507

Meeting Minutes

NMLEAB Regular Board Meeting Minutes – June 14, 2023

Meeting Agenda

NMLEAB Regular Board Meeting Agenda – June 14, 2023