NM Municipal League claims NM Civil Rights Act a ‘complete disaster’ for police recruitment • Source New Mexico

NM Municipal League claims NM Civil Rights Act a ‘complete disaster’ for police recruitment • Source New Mexico

Committee Chair Joseph Cervantes, a Democratic senator from Las Cruces who carried the legislation on the Senate floor in 2021, and Sen. Antonio “Moe” Maestas (D-Albuquerque), pushed back on the idea that police would be held personally liable for damages under the law. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images)The organization that represents the vast majority of local police departments in New Mexico on Monday claimed that the state’s civil rights…