Police in Albuquerque in mid-September, 2021. (Photo by Marisa Demarco / Source NM)
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants regular, statewide updates on gun violence from police departments across New Mexico.
A two-page draft discussed with lawmakers last week would require all police departments in New Mexico to turn in monthly reports on criminal activity and ballistic information to the Department of Public Safety.
The proposal is one of five that Lujan Grisham wants lawmakers to consider in the special session scheduled to begin July 18.
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The law already requires police departments to turn in monthly reports on crime in their jurisdictions to the department of public safety, but the bill seeks to add “ballistic information” to what must be included in the reports.
The department would have to “provide standards and procedures and related training” to state and local police departments as needed for them to turn in reports every month under the draft bill.