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Veto kills real police reform for another year
Sherry Robinson
Out of all the police reform legislation that rumbled through the Roundhouse recently, only one bill would have made a significant difference and the governor vetoed it.
The problem is, after a police shooting or excessive-use-of-force incident, the state’s investigation takes so long that a bad officer can resign from one department and get hired by another. The backlog of cases goes back two to three years.
SB 375 would have shaken up the Law Enforcement Academy Board and changed its duties. Created in 1969, the board sets requirements for hiring and certification, investigates officer misconduct, prescribes discipline, and oversees training. The bill would have given the board responsibility for new and better training and shifted the badly backlogged disciplinary and certification process to a new, independent board.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has vetoed a bill to overhaul oversight of police training and misconduct reviews
The governor said in a veto message that the bill would have changed the composition of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board and eliminated two citizen members unaffiliated with law enforcement.
“Eliminating these members would insulate the board from any civilian oversight, a necessary accountability measure,” Lujan Grisham wrote.
The veto strikes down a bill that also included an increase in financial payouts to relatives of officers killed in the line of duty. The governor voiced no objection to that provision.