Gov. Martinez: State public safety secretary stepping down

SANTA FE (AP) – Gov. Susana Martinez says her cabinet secretary for public safety is stepping down to become a federal magistrate judge in Las Cruces.
Public Safety Secretary Greg Fouratt’s resignation was announced Friday. It comes just two years after he was appointed to run the Department of Public Safety, which oversees the State Police, Motor Transportation Police and the Law Enforcement Academy.
A longtime federal prosecutor, Fouratt replaced now-Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden