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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rules of the Law Enforcement Academy Board, 10.29.1 through 10.29.10 NMAC, shall continue in effect until amended or repealed by the Law Enforcement Certification Board and/or the New Mexico Law Enforcement Standards and Training Council, as applicable.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:
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
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
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, March 23, 2023, 9:00AM - POSTPONED (Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 9AM)
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED WITH A NEW DATE OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2023, 9AM.
In-Person
Location:
New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy
4491 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, NM 87507
Meeting Minutes
Minutes for April 5, 2023, Meeting
Meeting Agenda
Agenda for April 5, 2023, Meeting
2022 NMLEA Board Meetings
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, December 1, 2022, 9:00 am
Meeting Minutes
NMLEAB 12.1.22 Meeting Minutes
Meeting Agenda
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Regular Board Meeting Thursday, September 1, 2022, 9:00 am
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Special *CLOSED* Board Meeting Friday, July 15, 2022, 9:00 am
Special Board Meeting Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 9:00 am
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, June 2, 2022, 9:00 am
4491 Cerrillos RD Law Enforcement Academy (in person) – UPDATED May 25, 2022
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, April 14, 2022, 9:00 am via Zoom
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Regular Board Meeting Thursday, March 10, 2022 CANCELLED
2021 NMLEA Board Meetings
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, December 2, 2021, 9:00 am
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, September 2, 2021, 9:00 am via Microsoft Teams
Special Board Meeting Thursday, August 19, 2021, 9:00 am via Microsoft Teams
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, June 24, 2021, 9:00 am
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, June 3, 2021, 9:00 am - Cancelled
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, April 1, 2021, 9:00 am via Zoom
Special Board Meeting Thursday, January 14, 2021, 9:00 am via Zoom
2020 NMLEA Board Meetings
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, December 10, 2020, 9:00 am via Zoom
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, November 12, 2020, 9:00 am via Zoom
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, August 20, 2020, 9:00 am via Zoom
Special Board Meeting Thursday, July 16, 2020, 9:00 am via Zoom
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, June 18, 2020, 9:00 am via Zoom
2019 NMLEA Board Meetings
Regular Board Meeting Thursday, December 19, 2019, @ 10:00 AM
New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy, 4491 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM
Regular Board Meeting Tuesday October 22, 2019, @ 9:00 AM
Red River Conference Center, 101 W. River Street, Red River, NM 87558,
Regular Board Meeting Monday, September 9, 2019, @ 9:00 AM
Albuquerque Police Academy, 5412 2nd Street NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
**CANCELLED** Regular Board Meeting Monday, August 19, 2019, @ 9:00 AM **CANCELLED**
New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy, 4491 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM
Regular Board Meeting Wednesday, May 29, 2019, @ 9:00 AM
New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy, 4491 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM
May 29, 2019 Board Meeting AgendaMay 29, 2019 Board Meeting Minutes