New Mexico Statutes Chapter 29. Law Enforcement § 29-13-2.1. Definitions

A. “academy” means the New Mexico law enforcement academy;

B. “division” means the local government division of the department of finance and administration;

C. “fund” means the law enforcement protection fund;

D. “governmental entity” means the academy, the department of public safety, a municipality, a county, a university, a tribe or a school district;

E. “school district police department” means a department of commissioned law enforcement officers who are charged with preventing, investigating and solving crimes on school district property;

F. “tribal police department” means the police department of a tribe that has entered into an agreement with the department of public safety pursuant to Section 29-1-11 NMSA 1978;

G. “tribe” means an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located wholly or partly in New Mexico; and

H. “university” means a four-year post-secondary educational institution listed in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico.