New Mexico Statutes Chapter 10. Public Officers and Employees § 10-7F-3. Investigations of hazardous duty officers; requirements; limitation

(1) upon the order of the officer's department director or the department director's designee;

(2) when the officer is on duty or during the officer's normal waking hours, unless the urgency of the investigation requires otherwise; and

(3) at the employer's facility, unless the urgency of the investigation requires otherwise.

(1) the officer shall be informed of the name and rank of the person in charge of the investigative interview and all other persons who will be present during the investigative interview;

(2) the officer shall be informed of the nature of the investigation, and the names of all known complainants shall be disclosed to the officer unless the chief administrator of the officer's employer determines that the identification of the complainant shall not be disclosed because it is necessary for the protection of an informant or because disclosure would jeopardize or compromise the integrity or security of the investigation; and

(3) a reasonable attempt shall be made to notify the officer's immediate superior of the pending investigative interview.

(1) at the commencement of the investigative interview, the officer shall be advised of all legal rights that the officer has with respect to the investigative interview;

(2) each investigative interview session shall not exceed two hours unless the parties mutually consent to continuation of the session;

(3) there shall not be more than one investigative interview session within a twenty-four-hour period, unless the parties mutually consent to additional sessions, provided that there shall be at least a one-hour rest period between the sessions;

(4) there shall not be more than two investigators at any given time;

(5) the officer shall be allowed to attend to physical necessities as they occur in the course of an investigative interview; and

(6) the officer shall not be subjected to offensive language or illegal coercion by an investigator in the course of an investigative interview.