The New Mexico State Police under the direction of State Police Chief Troy Weisler released highlights from 2023. The release is a response of the stats for the department and actions they took as a result of their enhanced presence around Albuquerque in response to the Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order around violence.
Highlights of that public health order included…
• Removing the previous provision around firearms and replacing it with a provision that temporarily suspends the carrying of firearms at parks and playgrounds in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.
• Directing the New Mexico Department of Corrections and the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to provide assistance to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center and its contractors to ensure adequate staffing, space, and screening for arrested and incarcerated individuals, provided that nothing in this provision shall be construed to limit the authority and responsibility of Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center in managing its operations.