Job Description
Posting Details This department serves as a regulatory and disciplinary body responsible for managing the certification process for law enforcement officers and public safety telecommunicators. It ensures certifications are properly issued, renewed, denied, suspended, or revoked in accordance with established standards. Additionally, the department conducts investigations into alleged misconduct, upholds due process, and administers appropriate disciplinary actions to maintain integrity and accountability within the profession. Why does the job exist? The Misconduct Supervisor oversees the full disciplinary process for licensed police officers and telecommunicators (dispatchers) following allegations of professional misconduct to include: 1 - Ensuring adherence to all statutorily defined rights for both the state and the respondent. 2 - Conducting comprehensive investigations and distilling sensitive, often confidential information. 3 - Summarizing and presenting facts, findings, and recommendations to the Law Enforcement Certification Board (LECB). 4 - Monitoring performance throughout the process, ensuring compliance with legally mandated deadlines, responsibilities, and procedural requirements. 5 - Supervising three (3) full-time staff members involved in misconduct case management. How does it get done? Misconduct Case Management 1 - Receive, document, and catalog LEA-90 misconduct reports. 2 - Duplicate materials and request supplemental documentation from submitting agencies. 3 - Monitor and calendar legally defined deadlines. 4 - Provide comprehensive investigative materials to the Director. 5 - Schedule oral responses with respondents' attorneys to initiate due process. 6 - Coordinate all procedural orders, motions, and formal hearing logistics. 7 - Facilitate hearings and act as liaison between the Respondent and administrative prosecutor. 8 - Receive and distill Hearing Officer's report for Director's review and Board adjudication. Administrative Hearing Coordination 1 - Handle correspondence from respondents and legal counsel. 2 - Schedule, organize, and preside over administrative hearings, ensuring legal procedural integrity. License Verification and Compliance Oversight 1 - Respond to daily inquiries via phone, email, and U.S. mail from licensees, agencies, employers, and regulatory bodies. 2 - Manage verification requests and ensure compliance with mandated annual and biennium training requirements. Litigation Support and Legal Compliance 1 - Coordinate subpoena compliance, in-camera document reviews, and discovery transmittals to external counsel. 2 - Maintain confidentiality and accuracy in handling litigation-sensitive materials. Board Packet Preparation and Public Records Compliance 1 - Compile and submit quarterly meeting packets for the LECB. 2 - Ensure infrastructure and documentation for both open and closed meetings comply with the Open Meetings Act. 3 - Oversee adherence to the Inspection of Public Records Act, managing voluminous record sets with accuracy. Staff Supervision 1 - Direct daily workflow for three (3) full-time positions, upholding statutory compliance, and ensuring high-quality work product delivery. Who are the customers? Work is performed for the Law Enforcement Certification Board, 194 public safety agencies and 8,000+ certification holders throughout the state. Ideal Candidate Work is performed for the Law Enforcement Certification Board, 194 public safety agencies and 8,000+ certification holders throughout the state. Minimum Qualification Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, Criminology, or other related field and two (2) years of experience in accounting, auditing, and investigation, or insurance adjusting and investigating or investigative report writing. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling six (6) years may substitute for the required education and experience. Employment Requirements Employment is subject to a pre-employment background investigation and fingerprinting in accordance with all terms and conditions of federal and state law, rules and regulations; and is conditional pending results. Continued employment is contingent upon remaining felony free, per Section 5.12.1.1 of the Criminal Justice Information Systems Security Policy. In addition, the selected candidate must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and a current Defensive Driving Certificate from the State of New Mexico; or pass and receive the Defensive Driving Certificate within six (6) months of date of hire. Working Condi