LEVEL 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS LEVEL 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS

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Permitted commercial fire pits - OK

Outdoor cooking including charcoal - OK

Non-permitted fire pits, campfires, & fireworks - NOT OK

POLICE DEPARTMENT New Dispatch Center Opening at Horton Complex

The Village of Ruidoso was incorporated in 1945. Before that date, law enforcement was the responsibility of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico State Police. In 1946, the Village of Ruidoso established various departments, including the Ruidoso Police Department with the appointment of Frank Ivy as Village Marshall on February 15, 1946. Until approximately 1959, the Ruidoso Police Department was located at Old Fire Station One, on the corner of Rio and Eagle Streets. It was then relocated to the old school building on Wingfield Street until Chief Lanny Maddox acquired the old Moncor Bank, renovated the building, and moved the police department in November 1999.

Dispatch is the most important first responder, yet they are often forgotten. Since moving into the current facility, RPD Dispatch has functioned in a 12 by 20-foot area with three workstations. In the summer of 2019, forward movement began to construct a stateof-the-art facility for the department at the Horton Complex. This endeavor is now almost complete, with everything installed, and final inspections and a certificate of occupancy occurring in the next few weeks.

From the inception of dispatch and rotary phones, to pen and paper, RPD Dispatch will now operate in a new, advanced facility with a digital, high-speed internet phone system with mapping capabilities which help establish pinpoint locations for callers and create a safer community.