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NMSP patrolling Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fire evacuation areas 24/7
'We take it personal. A lot of our officers live here, they've been displaced.'
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Updated: 9:26 AM MDT May 18, 2022
Among the thousands fighting the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fire are 100 New Mexico State Police officers."We're running about 25 to 30 officers per shift. We're running up to 100 officers per day for 24 hours," said Lt. Bryan Waller with New Mexico State Police.They, along with New Mexico Game and Fish, patrol all of the evacuation areas. Their duties include helping people evacuate, assisting those who chose to stay, working alongside fire crews and closing down roads."We've talked to many residents that have stayed. They want to stay and protect their properties and their livelihood. A lot of the people up here are super resilient people and they want to stay and protect their stuff," said Waller. While on patrol, NMSP officers also check on homes, making sure what residents had to leave behind when they evacuated is still there when they come back."We've had a few calls for service for I would classify it as like suspicious activity. We've responded to those incidents within minutes because of the amount of personnel that we have in the area, and we haven't had any major looting or anything like that," said Waller. "We're actually driving into people's properties, checking to see if there's people that shouldn't be in there, making contact with those people. But I would like to reassure the general public, those that have been displaced, that we are taking those steps to make sure when you come back home, your property is intact."
TAOS COUNTY, N.M. — Among the thousands fighting the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fire are 100 New Mexico State Police officers.
"We're running about 25 to 30 officers per shift. We're running up to 100 officers per day for 24 hours," said Lt. Bryan Waller with New Mexico State Police.
They, along with New Mexico Game and Fish, patrol all of the evacuation areas. Their duties include helping people evacuate, assisting those who chose to stay, working alongside fire crews and closing down roads.
"We've talked to many residents that have stayed. They want to stay and protect their properties and their livelihood. A lot of the people up here are super resilient people and they want to stay and protect their stuff," said Waller.
While on patrol, NMSP officers also check on homes, making sure what residents had to leave behind when they evacuated is still there when they come back.
"We've had a few calls for service for I would classify it as like suspicious activity. We've responded to those incidents within minutes because of the amount of personnel that we have in the area, and we haven't had any major looting or anything like that," said Waller. "We're actually driving into people's properties, checking to see if there's people that shouldn't be in there, making contact with those people. But I would like to reassure the general public, those that have been displaced, that we are taking those steps to make sure when you come back home, your property is intact."
