New Mexico § 29-3-11 - Uniform crime reporting system established; duties of department

§ 29-3-11. Uniform crime reporting system established; duties of department

A. The department of public safety shall develop, operate and maintain a uniform crime

reporting system and shall be the central repository for the collection, storage,

retrieval and analysis of crime incident and arrest reports generated by all law enforcement

agencies in this state. The system shall be operational as of January 1, 2008. B. The department shall: (1) compile statistical data and forward such data as required to the federal bureau

of investigation or the appropriate department of justice agency in accordance with

standards and procedures of the national system; (2) provide forms, standards and procedures and related training to state and local

law enforcement agencies as necessary for the agencies to report incident and arrest

activity for inclusion in the statewide system; (3) in conjunction with the New Mexico sentencing commission, annually publish a report

on the nature and extent of crime in New Mexico and submit the report to the governor

and to the legislature; (4) maintain the privacy and security of information in accordance with applicable

state and federal laws; (5) provide the New Mexico sentencing commission access to the data collected and

maintained by the department; and (6) establish rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section. C. Every law enforcement agency in the state shall: (1) submit crime incident reports to the department of public safety on forms or in

the format prescribed by the department; (2) submit any other crime incident information as may be required by the department

of public safety; and (3) use the unique code assigned to the crime from the master charge code table distributed

by the New Mexico justice information sharing council for the automated fingerprint

identification system and use uniform crime incident reporting as provided by the

department for all incidents and arrests. D. The annual report and other statistical data reports generated by the department

shall be made available to state and local law enforcement agencies, the administrative

office of the courts and the general public.