New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Chapter 29 - LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY › Part 5 - REGIONAL/SATELLITE POLICE OFFICER BASIC ACADEMIES › Section 10.29.5.12 - POLICE RADIO DISPATCHER CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION; TIME LIMITATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Students who
				successfully complete a department of public safety training and recruiting
				division accredited satellite program will be allowed to take the police radio
				dispatcher certification examination. Only those students who have successfully
				completed all requirements under the minimum standards of training, as
				determined by the director of the department of public safety training and
				recruiting division, will be administered the police radio dispatcher
				certification examination.
B.
				Students will be allowed two (2) opportunities in which to pass the police
				radio dispatcher certification examination within one year from the date of
				completion of the satellite program. Students who fail the test two (2) times
				will be required to successfully complete the New Mexico law enforcement
				academy's police radio dispatch training program. Students will not be allowed
				to attend a regional/satellite program.
C. Students who achieve a passing score on
				the police radio dispatcher certification examination will be allowed one year
				from the date of the test in which to be eligible for certification.
				Certification can be granted only when the eligible student is hired by a
				recognized New Mexico law enforcement agency in a dispatcher
				position.
D. If a student secures a
				police dispatcher position between one and three years from the date of
				successful completion of the police radio dispatcher certification examination,
				the student will be required to apply for certification by waiver of previous
				training. This determination is conducted by the department of public safety
				training and recruiting division staff, and approved by the director.
E. If a student secures a police dispatcher
				position after three (3) years from the completion of the police radio
				dispatcher certification examination, they will be required to attend and
				successfully complete another police radio dispatcher training program
				certified by the New Mexico law enforcement academy board.
F. Students who have successfully completed a
				satellite program and passed the police radio dispatcher certification
				examination will be provided a letter from the director of the department of
				public safety training and recruiting division attesting to the student's
				eligibility for certification as a police radio dispatcher in New
				Mexico.
G. When all paperwork is
				completed to the satisfaction of the director of the department of public
				safety training and recruiting division for any student requesting
				certification by successful completion of a certified satellite program, or any
				other previous comparable training, the request will be submitted to the New
				Mexico law enforcement academy board for final approval and award of
				certification under NMSA 1978, Section
				29-7-1 et.
				al., (Repl. Pamp. 1997).