NW New Mexico News

From January 5, 2023 post.

Fun Fact:

Did you know that when a deputy is sworn into the Sheriff’s Office, that commission is only good until the end of the Sheriff’s term? Even though Sheriff Ferrari was re-elected, his and all other commissions expired on December 31. To possess sheriff powers in the next term, he must be re-sworn in by a district court judge. After the Sheriff and Undersheriff Tanner were sworn in on December 29 by Judge Dalley, they conducted a mass swearing in of all our certified personnel the same night.

Did you know other local law enforcement officers are deputized as well?

The Sheriff is granted authority to issue commissions as deputy sheriffs to members of other law enforcement agencies. By cross-commissioning the local police officers, the Sheriff is granting them the right to cross out of their city jurisdiction, should they need to, to carry out their duties. (Think of a DWI stop that pulls over just outside the city line.) All local law enforcement officers are cross-commissioned by the Sheriff when they become an officer, but still have to be commissioned again with every new term as well.

Original source can be found here.