AELE LAW LIBRARY OF CASE SUMMARIES:
Civil Liability of Law Enforcement Agencies
& Personnel
Restitution
282:93 Officer who pled guilty of charges arising from alleged theft of drugs he purchased as an undercover narcotics investigator could reasonably be ordered to pay restitution to department under New Mexico law, for $7,64022, including cost of drugs taken and salary paid to him, for which department did not obtain benefit of its employment contract with him State v. Ellis, 905 P.2d 747 (NM App. 1995).