New Mexico state police created

There is created in the department of public safety the "New Mexico state police division". History: 1941 Comp., § 40-201, enacted by Laws 1941, ch. 147, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 39-2-1; Laws 1977, ch. 257, § 19; 1979, ch. 202, § 12; 1987, ch. 254, § 17; 1989, ch. 204, § 21.