N.M. Admin. Code § 10.2.4.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 10.2.4.9 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCIES SEEKING RETENTION DIFFERENTIAL DISBURSEMENTS

A. Every law enforcement agency seeking monies from the LERF for retention differential disbursements for full-time certified law enforcement officers within its employ, who are projected to be eligible officers in the upcoming fiscal year, shall annually report to DPS the following information:

(1) The full legal name and date of hire of the full-time certified law enforcement officer projected to be an eligible officer in the upcoming fiscal year, the PRDD for each officer, the amount of the annual salary on which the PRDD was calculated and the amount of the employer tax liability attributable to the PRDD. The amount of the employer tax liability shall specify the amount attributable to Social Security and the amount attributable to Medicare;

(2) The aggregate number of full-time certified law enforcement officers employed by the law enforcement agency during each of the five fiscal years immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year. For any officer employed less than a full fiscal year, the law enforcement agency shall report the number of months and days the officer was employed, identifying the officer without personally identifying information (e.g. Officer # 1, Officer # 2, etc.).

(3) For each officer included in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A above, the number of years (or partial years) of service of each full-time certified law enforcement officer with the reporting agency.

(4) The number of full-time certified law enforcement officers that left the employ of the law enforcement agency during the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year. The number of years of service with the reporting law enforcement agency of each departing officer, the agency's reason for each involuntary departure and the officer's stated reason, if any, for each voluntary departure.

(5) The number of applicants to the full-time certified law enforcement agency for a position as a law enforcement officer during the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year.

(6) The number of applicants to the law enforcement agency for a position as a full-time certified law enforcement officer in the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year, who attended a law enforcement academy.

(7) The number of full-time certified law enforcement officers within the reporting agency's employ who received one or more certifications during the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year.

(8) The number of full-time certified law enforcement officers added to the law enforcement agency by way of lateral transfer during the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year and the years of service of each added officer at each previous law enforcement agency if known to the reporting agency.

(9) Any changes to compensation, recruiting, retention or benefits of full-time certified law enforcement officers implemented by the law enforcement agency during the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting fiscal year.

(10) The number of full-time certified law enforcement officers that are projected to become eligible for a retention differential disbursement in the upcoming fiscal year, and the projected amount of the retention differential disbursement including any employer tax liabilities for each eligible officer.

(11) Any other information requested by DPS that is used for determining retention rates, unless disclosure of such information is otherwise prohibited by law.

B. The information in Subsection A above shall be reported to the DPS for the upcoming fiscal year no later than May 31.

C. The information in Subsection A above shall be reported to the DPS through the electronic portal, unless DPS advises the applying law enforcement agencies that a different reporting method should be used.

D. In order to receive funding for retention differential disbursements, the law enforcement agency must, at the time of the request, be in compliance with the in-service officer training and reporting requirements of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Training Act set forth in Section 29-7-7.1 NMSA 1978 and 29-7-7.2 NMSA 1978.

E. In order to receive funding for retention differential disbursements, the law enforcement agency must have submitted the agency's most current roster of full-time certified law enforcement officers, including commission dates, to the New Mexico law enforcement academy no later than April 1 of the reporting fiscal year.

N.M. Admin. Code § 10.2.4.9

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, May 24, 2022, eff. 5/5/2022, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIV, Issue 08, April 25, 2023, eff. 4/25/2023, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, May 21, 2024, eff. 5/10/2024, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 22, November 19, 2024, eff. 11/19/2024