New Mexico § 29-2-18 - State police chief and other members; powers and duties

§ 29-2-18. State police chief and other members; powers and duties

A. The chief and other members of the New Mexico state police, when duly commissioned

and sworn under the provisions of Sections 29-2-1 through 29-2-29 NMSA 1978 , shall have the following powers and shall be: (1) conservators of the peace within the state with full power to apprehend, arrest

and bring before the proper court all law violators within the state; (2) ex-officio deputies and agents of all the officers and departments of the taxation

and revenue department and of the officers and departments within the state charged

with the registration of motor vehicles, the issuance of licenses to operators of

motor vehicles and of the officers and departments of the state charged with the regulation

and control of motor vehicles operated upon the public highways for hire in the transportation

of either passengers or property; and (3) charged with the enforcement of all laws of New Mexico regulating the use of highways. B. Upon request of any officer or agency of the state charged with the duty of enforcing

any law of the state that is made to the secretary, one or more members of the New

Mexico state police may be temporarily designated specifically to enforce the provisions

of such law.