New Mexico Statutes Chapter 29. Law Enforcement § 29-22-2. Definitions

A. “automated license plate reader” means an electronic device that is capable of recording data on or taking a photograph of a vehicle or the vehicle's license plate and comparing the collected data and photographs to existing law enforcement databases for investigative purposes and includes a device that is owned or operated by a person or an entity other than a law enforcement agency;

B. “automated license plate reader information” means information gathered by an automated license plate reader or created from the analysis of data generated by an automated license plate reader, excluding information used for the purpose of auditing an automated license plate reader;

C. “automated license plate reader user” means a person or an entity that owns or operates an automated license plate reader or has access to automated license plate reader information;

D. “law enforcement agency” means a state or local agency, political subdivision of the state or private entity that employs certified law enforcement officers or that is charged with the enforcement of state, county or municipal laws or with managing custody of detained persons in any state or jurisdiction, including the police department of a municipality, the sheriff's office of a county, the New Mexico state police division of the department of public safety, the department of public safety or the police department of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that has entered into an agreement with the department of public safety pursuant to Section 29-1-11 NMSA 1978;  and

E. “protected health care activity” means: