LAS CRUCES - Days after the death of New Mexico State Police Officer Darian Jarrott, the president of the State Police Association released a video accusing the state Legislature of an “attack on law enforcement.”
“When you have senators and representatives personally attacking law enforcement, tying our hands so that we can’t enforce the laws, we can t protect ourselves, we can t protect the citizens, something has to be said,” Sgt. Jose Carrasco said. “You’re giving the criminals more rights than the officers.”
Carrasco targeted Senate Bill 227, which he said would remove the tools law enforcement officers need to protect themselves and would result in more police shootings. And, he objected to House Bill 4, which would remove qualified immunity from civil lawsuits.
New Mexico Trying To Organize Broadband Efforts - By Cedar Attanasio Associated Press
The New Mexico Legislature is considering a bill that would consolidate the efforts of multiple state agencies to expand high-speed internet.
The effort comes a year into the pandemic that has pushed education and health care online, eroding residents access to public services proportional to how far they are from an internet connection. We watched the collapse of our educational system during the COVID, and during the shutdown. And we all were watching our kids and our grandkids, dealing with this problem, said Rep. Susan Herrera, of Embudo, who represents residents in three surrounding rural counties north of Santa Fe.