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The Public
Rule Hearing in Las Cruces
NMCOPSS News – June 4, 2008
Re: New Mexico
Private Investigations Advisory Board, Rule Hearing held at the NM Farm & Ranch
Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces
The meeting
started at 1:00 p.m. and concluded at 1:45 p.m.
Pamelya Herndon,
Deputy Superintendent, was there in place of Kelly O’Donnell for this meeting.
Housing Keeping
was the first order of business, asking everyone to turn off cell phones and
pagers, and if anyone was carrying a weapon to please take it to their vehicle
as they are not allowed to have it in the building.
Mr. Herrera then
introduced exhibits into the official record, and those that wanted to speak to
the board were sworn in.
Then a review was
given of the official notices that went out about this meeting and the
publications it appeared in on May 1st.
Three people spoke to the board.
One speaker came representing the Armored Car Industry. Recommending to the
board that they create a special category for Armored Car personnel, and
recommended they not be required to receive any First Aid/CPR training. As
stopping to help someone could be a prelude to a robbery attempt and a
deliberate diversion. For this reason, they do not train any of their personnel
in this area. Also, the only weapons they will ever carry are firearms. They
have no need for any other weapons or handcuffs.
The second speaker spoke on the
Security Industry as a whole, and the company he represented is licensed in 28
States. He suggested that rather than re-inventing the wheel, they should look
at what other states have done, such as California and their “Powers of Arrest”
test. He also recommended that the board look at California’s Live Scan
process, as this allows for a provisional hiring of employees.
The second speaker recommended there
be enforcement of the rules otherwise the rules will have no impact on the
industry, and whatever rules are adopted they must be operationally feasible.
The third speaker is licensed in
Texas and in Las Cruces. He recommended that penalties for assaulting a
security officer be a Felony as it is in Texas. As Texas changed the training
requirements for the industry, and so did they change the professional penalties
for assaulting a security officer. Also, he spoke of membership in the
Associated Security Services and Investigators of the State of Texas.
Mr. Gurutej Khalsa then reminded
everyone that the training issue is still a work-in-progress.
Mr. Donald C. Jochem then entered the proposal for
exemptions of those in law enforcement. He read into the record what the State
of Nevada has for exempting law enforcement officers working in security. He
introduced it only as a suggestion, and not as specific guidelines for New
Mexico.
Two of the
previous speakers did speak again, and recommended that some form of exemption
be introduce for those in law enforcement working as security guards.
The meeting ended at 1:45 p.m.
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