Operational Concepts: New Mexico Department of Public Safety - DPS
The following are the roles and responsibilities, by functional area or by project, for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety - DPS.| Functional Area or Project | Roles and Responsibilities | Status |
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Emergency Management for Las Cruces Regional ITS Architecture |
Aid in the coordination of region wide emergency plans, evacuation and reentry plans, and disaster management plans. | Existing |
| Coordinate with regional hospitals for care facility status. | Existing | |
| Dispatch State Police vehicles (and track their location) as well as coordinate with all other public safety agencies within the region. | Existing | |
| Generate Amber Alerts and distribute them to regional emergency management agencies, transit agencies, traffic agencies, and the media. | Existing | |
| Generate and coordinate wide area alerts and distribute them to regional emergency management agencies, transit agencies, traffic agencies, regional information service providers, and the media. | Existing | |
| Operate the New Mexico Statewide EOC. | Existing | |
| Participate in the incident response, coordination, and reporting of the Regional Communications Network in a coordination effort only (no dispatch function). | Existing | |
| Plan and coordinate region wide emergency plans, evacuation and reentry plans, and disaster management plans dealing with HAZMAT incidents. | Existing | |
| Provide regional traffic, transit, emergency management, and maintenance operations with disaster information to disseminate to the traveling public. | Existing | |
| Receive and respond to threat information from the state agency, City or municipality TOC regarding critical infrastructure. | Existing | |
| Receive early warning information and threat information from the statewide EOC and/or the department of homeland security. | Existing | |
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Incident Management for Las Cruces Regional ITS Architecture |
Coordinate an incident response with regional rail operations for incidents involving rail. | Planned |
| Coordinate incident response with other public safety agencies (police, fire, EMS, sheriff, etc.) as well as with NMDOT. | Existing | |
| Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incidents on state highways with regional maintenance providers. | Existing | |
| Perform incident detection and verification for the highways within the region, and provide this information to traffic and other public safety agencies. | Existing | |
| Receive cellular emergency calls for incidents within the region. | Existing | |