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Quay County adopts mass-shooting, bomb-threat, cybersecurity and courthouse incident plans
Summary
The Quay County Commission unanimously approved a set of emergency-response and continuity plans on Sept. 22, 2025, including a Mass Shooting Emergency Response Plan, Bomb Threat/IED Response and Evacuation Plan, Cybersecurity and Continuity Plan, and a Courthouse Critical Incident Plan to guide local response and reunification efforts.
The Quay County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 22 to adopt a package of emergency-response and continuity policies developed by Quay County Emergency Manager Bill Kardokus.
The approved documents include a Mass Shooting Emergency Response and Reunification Plan, a Bomb Threat/IED Response and Evacuation Plan, a Cybersecurity and Continuity Plan designed to preserve 911/dispatch operations, and a Critical Incident Plan for the Quay County Courthouse. Each plan was presented to the commission by Emergency Management and carried on motions approved by Commissioners Rush, Fortner and Dowell.
County officials said the plans lay out operational roles — including New Mexico State Police as incident command for an active shooter — reunification sites, mutual-aid pathways and communications protocols. The Cybersecurity and Continuity Plan specifies PSAP failover arrangements, offline dispatch procedures, and lists notification steps (county manager, cyber insurer, FBI, CISA and NM DHSEM) to be taken if critical systems are compromised.
The board's approvals do not, by themselves, authorize new spending beyond previously budgeted amounts. Copies of the adopted plans were attached to the minutes. Officials said training and exercises are scheduled as part of plan implementation.
