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Resident urges Luna County to publish detailed crime‑mapping data; staff says county reports to FBI
Summary
A resident told the Luna County commission it provides too little public information about local crime; county staff replied the county reports incidents through CJIS and uses GIS internally but could not confirm public publication details.
Mary Mead told the Luna County Board of Commissioners that the county’s publicly available crime statistics are “very vague” and urged officials to restore detailed crime‑mapping that the county previously provided to federal datasets. “We used to do it up until 5 years ago,” Mead said, and she urged the county to make granular data available so residents and potential businesses can understand local safety trends.
County staff responded that the county continues to report incident data through CJIS to the FBI and maintains GIS logs of incident locations, but the staff member said they were not certain where the FBI publishes those records and referenced the local reporting system as “NYBERS.” The staff member said internal GIS is used to log specific crimes but did not confirm a public portal or regular publish schedule.
Why it matters: Public access to incident‑level crime data can shape community safety planning, police patrol decisions and economic perceptions of a town. Mead said access is a practical tool for targeting interventions beyond arrest and incarceration and for countering broad, negative perceptions of Deming.
What happened next: Commissioners acknowledged the comment and thanked Mead. No formal action, motion or vote followed; the comment was recorded as part of the public‑comment period.
