New Mexico State Police

New Mexico State Police has lost 29 officers across 88 years on record. 10 — 34.5% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 3 percentage points above the national average of 31.5% for State Polices — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

18 officers were lost to accidents — 62.1% of this agency's fallen, compared to 57.2% nationally for State Polices. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.