New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Part 4 - LAW ENFORCEMENT RETENTION FUND REPORTING, MONITORING AND ADMINISTRATION › Section 10.2.4.9 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCIES SEEKING RETENTION DIFFERENTIAL DISBURSEMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
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.