Hobbs is a somewhat gritty place. The thing about the city cops here is they are typically from somewhere else, not many qualified locals it would seem. They stay long enough to collect their signing bonus then move on.
I took the mandatory alcohol class to get a NM driver's license back in the '90s. The class was given by a woman, a former prosecutor from D.C. of all places, and she made two statements that really stood out. One, "most people in NM are armed so it's not a good idea to flip people off or otherwise act like a jerk out in traffic." The second one was "As far as I'm concerned drunk drivers ought to be taken out of their vehicles and shot right there on the side of the road."
I thought it was great but you should have seen the reactions of some of the eastern transplants there to get their first NM license.
"Welcome to the wild west, greenhorn!" lol