New Mexico: Off-Road High Speed Pursuit – Everything Law and Order Blog

This New Mexico pursuit video, along with others you will see here, is best understood with some background info:

Prior to 2003, it was only a petty misdemeanor to run from the police in the state of New Mexico. In 2003, however, the New Mexico legislature created the new crime of “aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer” – a fourth-degree felony. But the new crime included an unusual element: a plain reading of the statute indicates that the new evading / eluding statute would only apply if the pursuit was being conducted in compliance with another law: the Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act (“LESPA”). **See note at end.**

Among other things, the LESPA mandates an additional 16 hours of police training on how to conduct high-speed chases. It also defines a high-speed pursuit, lays out specific criteria to be considered by police when initiating a high-speed pursuit, sets forth the responsibilities of officers during and after a pursuit, and even requires a full police academy curriculum on the subject. The LESPA also requires that every police agency within New Mexico establish and enforce policies regarding high-speed pursuits, and it requires that those policies have as minimum standards the requirements of the LESPA.

Very relevant to this video, the statute also makes clear when officers should not pursue, articulating circumstances under which pursuits must be terminated as well as specific considerations which must be taken into account.

The Department of Justice has referred to pursuits as the most dangerous aspect of law enforcement, and the data back that up. According to an FBI report, high-speed police chases kill roughly one person a day nationwide, and innocent bystanders represent one-third to one-half of the fatalities. Law enforcement officers are not immortal either, and each year police officers are severely injured or killed in pursuit-related crashes.

In this pursuit – as in many other pursuits you will see here – there is a constant supervisory evaluation of whether the benefits of the pursuit clearly outweigh its risks. (As you will see.)

Oh, also, if you ever consider purchasing a used police car… just remember 2:55 – 3:25 in this video.

**Note”: Although the LESPA statute explicitly requires that a pursuit be conducted “in accordance with” the Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 29-20-1 to – 4 (2003), in 2008 the New Mexico Supreme Court held that “in accordance with the LESPA” is not considered an essential element of the crime. See State v. Padilla, 2008-NMSC-006, 143 N.M. 310, 176 P.3d 299, reversing State v. Padilla, 2006-NMCA-107. Sucks for Mr. Padilla.

To read the court’s ruling yourself, visit http://www.tiny.cc/lespa

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36 thoughts on “New Mexico: Off-Road High Speed Pursuit”
  1. I don't know about you, but if I was running from the police and I saw a cop successfully powerslide through a corner doing 60, I'd probably pull over and call it quits

  2. Who the fuck engineers a cop dashcam to only flash important info like speed? Plus timestamp and what I’d at least hope is an officer ID. Once you notice it’s so irritating.. And it’s being used in 2018?

  3. This one makes no sense to 10-22.
    Gives criminals more excuses to act stupid and risk lives knowing that a chase could be called off.
    I am all for calling of a pursuit if Lives are in danger but damn no cars and on dirt road sedan to sedan. Not an off road vehicle vs sedan . Continue on and catch the criminal.

  4. Seems to me he stopped the chase because he had no backup, didn’t know where he was at and didn’t know what he was being lead into (ambush?). Still gotta wonder why he bothered to begin with.

  5. I don’t know what y’all think? but that officer put his life in danger along with everyone. The excessive speed and reckless driving WOW! I hope he’s not driving when I’m around that’s scary

  6. 10-22 on the pursuit?!?! Now we know why Albuquerque has such a high crime rate. Tsk tsk. Thanks a lot law makers. The criminal element in NM loves you!!

  7. RIP ALIGNMENT ROFL
    The reason for pursuit cut off is likely
    1 it's a minor traffic infraction
    2 the officer couldn't relay position due to roads not being marked
    3 if he needed backup it was almost useless cause number 2

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