Quality of Life Committee — Wed, Sep 23, 2026 · 7.c Request for Approval of an Inter-Governmental Service Agreement with the New Mexico Department of Public Safety to Participate in Law Enforcement Data Sharing. (Ben Valdez, Interim Chief of Police; bpvaldez@santafenm.gov) Committee Review: Quality of Life Committee: 09/23/2026 Finance Committee: 09/28/2026 Governing Body: 09/30/2026
City of Santa Fe, New Mexico Memorandum DATE: August 21, 2026 TO: Governing Body Finance Committee Quality of Life FROM: Ben Valdez, Interim Chief of Police ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ITEM AND ISSUE: Request for approval of the Inter-Governmental Service Agreement between New Mexico Department of Public Safety and the Santa Fe Police Department to participate in law enforcement data sharing. Ben Valdez, Interim Chief of Police, bpvaldez@santafenm.gov, 505-955-5040. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: The New Mexico Department of Public Safety (DPS) Intelligence Led Policing (ILP) Data Lake Service (DLS) is an integration of data sources from DPS and participating external law enforcement agencies into a single Data Lake. The DLS will have Data Governance down to the data level to ensure data is protected per CJIS, DPS, and external agency requirements. Analytical reporting will be performed with cutting-edge data analytics and data visualization tools that will be provided as part of the ILP system. Agencies will also be able to utilize the analytic tools they have already adopted individually to connect to the DLS. Governance rules will be applied to both methods that ensure sensitive data is protected. The following five permitted types of users of the ILP DLS have been identified: • Officers in the field responding to a crime • Investigators, detectives, and agents • Area or District commanders • Agency Leadership, Chiefs, Sheriffs, etc. • Policy decision-makers The DLS will facilitate the analysis of vast amounts of data contained within multiple law enforcement agency systems across New Mexico including Record Management Systems (RMS), Traffic and Citation Systems (TraCS), and Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems. Integration of this data can provide critical insights and intelligence to increase public safety. DPS and law enforcement agencies across New Mexico maintain essential data in these multiple database systems. Data sharing between DPS’ New Mexico State Police (NMSP) and other law enforcement agencies has been difficult due to the siloed nature of the data they collect. Integration of this data will provide participating agencies with significantly improved intelligence to improve public safety and reduce crime in communities throughout New Mexico. Sharing of data between the Parties improves cross-jurisdictional cooperation of law enforcement and benefits public safety efforts in the region. ACTION REQUESTED: The Santa Fe Police Department respectfully requests your review and approval of the Inter-Governmental Service Agreement between New Mexico Department of Public Safety and the Santa Fe Police Department to participate in law enforcement data sharing.B. Valdez (Sep 10, 2026 10:13:32 MDT) B. Valdez CITY OF SANTA FE: NMDPS Data Sharing Memo Final Audit Report 2026-09-10 Created: 2026-09-10 By: TARA RICO (trrico@santafenm.gov) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAAIVjkKBlMtuo4N3WrrYNHLvfDms777g4j Documents: NMDPS Data Sharing Memo.doc (1 page) SFPD_-_IGSA_26-79000-9200-IGSA0017_3759 - signed.pdf (11 pages) Number of Documents: 2 Document page count: 12 Number of supporting files: 0 Supporting files page count: 0 "NMDPS Data Sharing Memo" History Document created by TARA RICO (trrico@santafenm.gov) 2026-09-10 - 4:07:34 PM GMT- IP address: 63.232.20.2 Document emailed to bpvaldez@santafenm.gov for signature 2026-09-10 - 4:09:16 PM GMT Email viewed by bpvaldez@santafenm.gov 2026-09-10 - 4:13:08 PM GMT- IP address: 104.47.64.254 Signer bpvaldez@santafenm.gov entered name at signing as B. Valdez 2026-09-10 - 4:13:30 PM GMT- IP address: 107.126.26.1 Document e-signed by B. Valdez (bpvaldez@santafenm.gov) Signature Date: 2026-09-10 - 4:13:32 PM GMT - Time Source: server- IP address: 107.126.26.1 - Signature Appearance Selected: MOBILE_TYPE Agreement completed. 2026-09-10 - 4:13:32 PM GMT