New Mexico Statutes Chapter 29. Law Enforcement § 29-2-18. State police chief and other members; powers and duties

(1) conservators of the peace within the state with full power to apprehend, arrest and bring before the proper court all law violators within the state;

(2) ex-officio deputies and agents of all the officers and departments of the taxation and revenue department and of the officers and departments within the state charged with the registration of motor vehicles, the issuance of licenses to operators of motor vehicles and of the officers and departments of the state charged with the regulation and control of motor vehicles operated upon the public highways for hire in the transportation of either passengers or property; and

(3) charged with the enforcement of all laws of New Mexico regulating the use of highways.