New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 48 - PRIVATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTITIONERS › Part 4 - MANDATORY FIREARMS TRAINING › Section 16.48.4.8 - MANDATORY FIREARMS TRAINING

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. A private investigator, a private patrol
				operator, a private investigations employee, or a level three security guard or
				a private patrol operations employee may carry a firearm upon successful
				completion of the mandatory firearm training required by the department. Any
				licensee who carries a firearm on duty shall be required to provide proof of
				being firearm certified by an instructor recognized by the department pursuant
				to Paragraph (3) of Subsection A, of
				16.48.2.20
				NMAC prior to carrying a weapon on duty, and annually thereafter.
B. The licensee or registrant will be
				required to qualify with the same type of weapon(s) and caliber(s) they will be
				carrying while on duty.
C. Specific
				course requirements and verification of completion forms will be posted on the
				department's website and are available upon request.
D. The firearms qualification forms issued by
				an instructor recognized and certified by the New Mexico law enforcement
				academy, federal government entity, military or the national rifle association
				law enforcement activities division shall at all times be in the possession of
				and located on the person of a registrant when working.
(1) Handgun:
(a) Ability to recite the four firearms
				safety rules.
(b) Ability to safely
				present (draw) and re-holster.
(c)
				Ability to safety load and unload.
(d) Ability to describe and perform immediate
				corrective action for class 1, 2, and 3 malfunctions.
(e) Ability to describe and perform tactical
				and emergency (speed) reloading.
(f) Obtain a minimum passing score of eighty
				percent (40 hits) on the "50 Round Day Qualification Course of Fire - Handgun."
				All rounds are fired to the body from a standing position unless otherwise
				specified herein:
(i) Draw, shoot a failure
				drill in seven seconds, re-holster - seven yard line.
(ii) Draw, shoot a failure drill in seven
				seconds, re-holster - seven yard line.
(iii) Draw, shoot two rounds in 10 seconds,
				re-holster - 25 yard line.
(iv)
				Draw, move to kneeling position of choice and shoot two rounds in 12 seconds,
				recover to a standing position and re-holster - 25 yard line.
(v) Draw, shoot two rounds in 8 seconds,
				re-holster - 15 yard line.
(vi)
				Draw, shoot two rounds, move to kneeling position of choice, reload and empty
				firearm and shoot two rounds from kneeling in 12 seconds, recover to a standing
				low-ready position - 15 yard line.
(vii) From a low-ready position shoot two
				rounds in five seconds, re-holster - 15 yard line.
(viii) Draw, shoot two rounds, reload an
				empty firearm and shoot two rounds in 12 seconds, re-holster - 10 yard
				line
(ix) Draw, shoot two rounds,
				reload an empty firearm and shoot two rounds in 12 seconds, re-holster - 10
				yard line.
(x) From a low-ready
				strong hand only position shoot two rounds in four seconds, recover to a
				low-ready position - seven yard line.
(xi) From a low-ready strong hand only
				position shoot two rounds in four seconds, recover to a low-ready position -
				seven yard line.
(xii) From a
				low-ready support hand only position shoot two rounds in four seconds, recover
				to a low-ready position - seven yard line.
(xiii) From a low-ready support hand only
				position shoot two rounds in four seconds, transition and re-holster - seven
				yard line.
(xiv) Draw, shoot two
				rounds in four seconds, recover to a low-ready position- five yard
				line.
(xv) From a low-ready
				position shoot two rounds in three seconds, re-holster - five yard
				line.
(xvi) Draw, shoot two rounds
				to the body, take one step to the right, shoot one round to the head in 10
				seconds - five yard line.
(xvii)
				Draw, shoot two rounds to the body, take one step to the right, shoot one round
				to the head in 10 seconds, re-holster - five yard line.
(xviii) Draw to weapon retention position,
				shoot two rounds to the body, take one step back, assume a two-handed shooting
				stance and shoot one round to the head in seven seconds, re-holster - one yard
				line.
(xix) Draw to weapon
				retention position, shoot two rounds to the body, take one step back, assume a
				two-handed shooting stance and shoot one round to the head in seven seconds,
				re-holster - one yard line.