New Mexico

http://www.newmexico.gov/

Organizations

New Mexico is divided into six preparedness areas. The state is located in FEMA Region VI; the Defense Coordinating Office responsible for brokering and arranging federal military support for the state is located in Denton, Tex.

Organizations	Federal	State	Local	Total
Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Includes organizations at the federal, state and local levels that have the police powers to make arrests and investigate criminal matters.	19	2	0	21
Emergency Management Emergency Management Organizations tasked with responding to natural disasters, attacks using weapons of mass destruction and other emergencies.	0	1	0	1
Homeland Security Homeland Security Organizations responsible for activities -- such as infrastructure protection, border control and planning for the aftermath of terrorist attacks -- handled mainly by the Department of Homeland Security.	4	5	0	9
Counterterrorism Counterterrorism Organizations, such as the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, that work exclusively on terrorism cases.	2	1	0	3
JTTFs Joint Terrorism Task Force A multiagency task force, run by the FBI, that has the lead in investigating terrorism within the United States.	1	0	0	1
Intelligence Intelligence and Fusion Organizations that collect, analyze and share information about domestic threats.	6	1	0	7
Fusion Centers Fusion Center A place where information from multiple agencies in a state or region is sent to be analyzed.	0	1	0	1
Totals	31	10	0	41

Initiatives

• Counterterrorism

  The New Mexico Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) is located in Albuquerque. The U.S. attorney chairs an Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (ATAC) in Albuquerque.

• Intelligence

  New Mexico is a member of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the Rocky Mountain Information Network (RMIN) and the Navy-sponsored Law Enforcement Information Exchange (LInX). It is also a member of the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-led initiative, begun in 2006, designed to increase the flow of information between participating agencies regarding transnational criminal organizations and violent gangs operating along the southern border. At the federal level, the FBI operates a Field Intelligence Group (FIG) in Albuquerque. The ICE Field Intelligence Group in El Paso has jurisdiction over New Mexico.

• Fusion

  The New Mexico All Source Intelligence Center, a component of the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, was established in September 2007 and is the state's all-crimes, all-hazards and counterterrorism fusion center.

• Homeland Security

  The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) was created during the 2007 legislative session, when the Office of Homeland Security, created in 2003, and the existing Office of Emergency Management, then a part of the Department of Public Safety, were merged to create a Cabinet-level agency. The Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, under HSEM, has primary responsibility and authority for coordinating and improving the protection of critical infrastructure and key resources. The purpose is to provide direction to all New Mexico sectors and reduce the risk of terrorist incidents through a joined effort combining local government, industry, private sector, citizens and agencies. To assist, a DHS Protective Security Advisor is located in Albuquerque.

• Law Enforcement

  The New Mexico Department of Public Safety (NMDPS) is the statewide law enforcement agency and includes the State Police, the New Mexico Mounted Patrol and the Gang Task Force. The FBI's Albuquerque field office operates resident agencies and satellite offices in Las Cruces, Roswell and Santa Fe.

• Emergency Management

  The New Mexico Office of Emergency Management (OEM) began as the state's Civil Emergency Preparedness Division, created in 1959, then evolved to become a division of the Department of Public Safety in 1990. In 2007, the office was merged with the state Office of Homeland Security to create the Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.