New Mexico
Bernalillo County's Sheriff's Office Advisory and Review Board (2020)
is New Mexico's only county-level civilian sheriff oversight body.
It operates in an advisory capacity without subpoena power or
binding authority. Albuquerque police oversight covers APD only,
not the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff oversight
1/33 counties with a dedicated body
0 reports from those bodies
Other oversight
0 Civil Grand Jury reports
5 statewide oversight reports
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State context
The New Mexico Civil Rights Act (HB 4, 2021) removed qualified immunity for state and local government actors and enables civil suits for constitutional violations, but does not create civilian oversight boards. Santa Fe and Doña Ana counties have no identified civilian bodies covering their sheriffs as of May 2026.
Counties
| # | County | Status (date) | Started (date) | LE capability | Independence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bernalillo | Active 6 years | 2020 | 18/40 | 32/100 | |
| 02 | Catron | — | — | — | — | |
| 03 | Chaves | — | — | — | — | |
| 04 | Cibola | — | — | — | — | |
| 05 | Colfax | — | — | — | — | |
| 06 | Curry | — | — | — | — | |
| 07 | De Baca | — | — | — | — | |
| 08 | Doña Ana | — | — | — | — | |
| 09 | Eddy | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Grant | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Guadalupe | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Harding | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Hidalgo | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | Lea | — | — | — | — | |
| 15 | Lincoln | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | Los Alamos | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Luna | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | McKinley | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | Mora | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Otero | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Quay | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Rio Arriba | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Roosevelt | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | Sandoval | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | San Juan | — | — | — | — | |
| 26 | San Miguel | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | Santa Fe | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | Sierra | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | Socorro | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | Taos | — | — | — | — | |
| 31 | Torrance | — | — | — | — | |
| 32 | Union | — | — | — | — | |
| 33 | Valencia | — | — | — | — |