Consistent with other District Attorney offices around the country, graphic materials related to officer involved shootings are not posted on our website. These additional materials may be requested under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act.

Officer Involved Shooting Review and Evaluation

Protocol for Review of Officer Involved Shootings:

• An on-call Assistant District Attorney will attend officer-involved deadly use of force call-outs. The District Attorney's Office then opens a file immediately. 

Review Process:

• An experienced, licensed attorney is appointed by the District Attorney to serve as a Special Prosecutor and is sworn in by the District Court. Duties of the Special Prosecutor include:
  • thoroughly reviewing all aspects of the police investigation and requesting additional information from police if necessary;
  • as necessary, seek additional review and analysis from District Attorneys from other jurisdictions within New Mexico;
  • making appropriate contact with all relevant next of kin to give them an opportunity to participate in the review process;
  • reviewing any submissions of additional information from any other sources or any other individuals with relevant information;
  • determining if sufficient admissible evidence exists to meet the criminal law standard of proof at trial—that a jury considering the facts and law of the case would be likely to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the force used by the officer(s) involved was unjustified.

Completion of Reports: 
Upon completion of review, the Special Prosecutor issues a report and makes it available to the public. Reports issued since January 1, 2017 are available below. 

• February 24, 2017 (Note: This report predates the Special Prosecutor process.)
• March 24, 2017
• April 24, 2017
• August 28, 2017

Current Officer Involved Shooting Investigations