Welcome to the official homepage of New Mexico's Digital Trunked Radio System (DTRS)!!

DTRS is revolutionizing public safety radio communications within the State of New Mexico. It is a 700 & 800 MHz Project 25 (P25) Phase II digital trunked radio system providing statewide coverage to federal, state, local, and tribal agencies.

DTRS is an open platform available to all governmental first responder agencies within the State of New Mexico.

DTRS is owned and operated by the New Mexico Department of Information Technology Public Safety Communications Unit.

There are currently over 50 state, federal, tribal and local agencies on the DTRS

• Unprecedented interoperability
• Statewide coverage
• State-of-the-art digital clarity
• Significantly lower cost due to shared infrastructure
  • The state maintains all towers and core systems
  • Subscribers are only responsible for providing/maintaining end-user radios and dispatch consoles/equipment
• Increased capacity and security
• Advanced features such as GPS location reporting

The ultimate goal of DTRS is 92% statewide mobile radio coverage contributed from approximately 170 sites.

There are currently 53 sites online providing 49% total geographical mobile radio coverage.

The DTRS system currently handles about 1.5 million calls per month.

Users in the following areas can take advantage of DTRS coverage today:

• Albuquerque Metro Area (including Counties of Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia)
• Santa Fe Area
• Las Cruces & Doña Ana County Area
• Roswell Area
• Socorro Area
• Alamogordo Area
• I-25 Corridor from Santa Fe to Las Cruces
• I-10 Corridor from Las Cruces to Arizona line
• Dona Ana County
• Eddy County
• Chaves County
• Lea County

Contact Michael Rohrbacher, Director of Public Safety Communications, New Mexico Department of Information Technology. mailto:michael.rohrbacher@doit.nm.gov