HM 35 — LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOMMENDATION TASK FORCE

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nand dWHEREAS, dthe icoronavirus =disease =2019 opandemic, hnational lcalls ]for bpolice ,dreform, istatutory achanges º e WHEREAS, crime rates in New Mexico for violent crime and rlocal ilaw =enforcement ragreements twith ethe wUnited dStates mdepartment aof njustice ohave propertyimpacted crimelaw areenforcement significantlyofficers, aboveadding nationalto averages;staff shortages;

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b e d s º o t n = .221590.2AIC February 11, 2022 (12:33pm) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d WHEREAS, there are not enough law enforcement officers to adequately address crime in New Mexico;

and WHEREAS, HGEICº the impact of»HGEIC the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic HGEICºand»HGEIC HGEICº,»HGEIC national calls for police reform HGEICº, statutory changes and local law enforcement agreements with the United States department of justice»HGEIC have impacted law enforcement officers, adding to staff shortages;

and hHM 35/a Page 1 WHEREAS, a task force of interested parties, convened by u » r the department of public safety, could study incentives to t h g e l i create a path for retention and recruitment of law enforcement h r i s officers;

and h , e h WHEREAS, programs and initiatives, including the t u g e b l e e , gh implementation of a deferred retirement option plan, and n d d i = = o h return-to-work provisions to allow an officer to continue to l ] b ,d i a º r draw pension benefits while working and contributing to law e r = t e w d m a n o enforcement pension funds or to delay retirement benefits for a dbigger mpayout :later are options to be explored;

bNOW, rTHEREFORE, eBE tIT ºRESOLVED oBY tTHE nHOUSE =OF .221590.2AICREPRESENTATIVES FebruaryOF 11,THE 2022STATE (12:33pm)OF sNEW kMEXICO mthat ethe -department 2of -public esafety be requested to convene a ntask eforce dto rassess eand lmake urecommendations [to Aprovide dincentives biggerfor payoutlaw laterenforcement areofficer optionsretention for twenty- five years or for lateral hiring of law enforcement officers from out-of-state agencies to beNew explored;Mexico law enforcement agencies;

NOW,and THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BYthat THEthe HOUSEtask OFforce REPRESENTATIVESbe OFcomposed THEof STATErepresentatives OFfrom NEWthe MEXICOAlbuquerque thatpolice thedepartment, a small police department offrom publica safetyrural bearea, requestedthe toNew conveneMexico astate taskpolice, forcethe toNew assessMexico andstate makefraternal recommendationsorder toof providepolice incentiveslodge, forthe lawNew enforcementMexico officersheriffs' retentionassociation, forthe twenty-fivepublic yearsemployees orretirement forassociation, lateralthe hiringNew Mexico association of lawcounties, enforcementthe officersNew fromMexico out-of-statemunicipal agenciesleague, tothe office of HM 35/a Page 2 the governor, the senate, the house of representatives, the New Mexico lawstate enforcementpolice agencies;association and three representatives from statewide community organizations;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force bepresent composedits offindings representativesand fromrecommendations theto Albuquerque police department, a small police department from a rural area, the Newappropriate Mexicolegislative stateinterim police,committee HGEICºthat theaddresses Newcourts, Mexicocorrections state fraternal order of police lodge,»HGEIC the New Mexico sheriffs' association, HGEICºthe public employees retirement association, the New Mexico association of counties, the New Mexico municipal league, the office of the governor,»HGEIC the senate, the house of h representatives, the New Mexico state police association and ujustice »issues rby threeNovember representatives1, from2022; statewide community organizations;

tand hBE gIT eFURTHER lRESOLVED ithat andcopies hof rthis imemorial sbe BEtransmitted ITto FURTHERthe RESOLVEDco-chairs of the legislative interim committee that addresses courts, corrections and justice issues, the chief of the Albuquerque police department, the chief of a small police department from a rural area, chosen by the task forceforce, presentthe itsacting hchief ,of ethe hNew findingsMexico andstate recommendationspolice, tothe executive directors of the appropriateNew legislativeMexico tsheriffs' uassociation, gthe epublic bemployees lretirement eassociation, ethe ,New ghMexico interimassociation committeeof thatcounties addressesand courts,the correctionsNew Mexico municipal league, the governor, the president pro tempore of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and nthe dpresidents dof ithe =New =Mexico ostate hpolice justiceassociation issuesand bythe NovemberNew 1,Mexico 2022;state fraternal order of police lodge.

andHM l35/a ]Page b3 ,d25 i a º r BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be e r = t e w d m a n o transmitted to the co-chairs of the legislative interim d m :

b r e t º o t n = .221590.2AIC February 11, 2022 (12:33pm) s k m e - 3 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d committee that addresses courts, corrections and justice issues, the chief of the Albuquerque police department, the chief of a small police department from a rural area, chosen by the task force, the acting chief of the New Mexico state police, the executive HGEICº director»HGEIC HGEICºdirectors»HGEIC of the New Mexico sheriffs' association, HGEICºthe public employees retirement association, the New Mexico association of counties and the New Mexico municipal league,»HGEIC the governor, the president pro tempore of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the HGEICºpresident»HGEIC HGEICºpresidents»HGEIC of the New Mexico state police association HGEICºand the New Mexico state fraternal order of police lodge»HGEIC .

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