Meet our Department
Waldo Winborn
Patrol Officer I
Campus Police
Officer Winborn graduated from the New Mexico State Police Academy in 1984. He was promoted to Sergeant with the New Mexico State Police in 1999. He retired from the New Mexico State Police as a Senior Sergeant of District 12 in 2005 and was the sub-district Commander of Silver City. Officer Winborn was Lieutenant for the Hurley Police Department from 2005-2008. He was DWI field coordinator from 2008-2009. He was hired with Western New Mexico University Police Department in 2010. Officer Winborn was the southwest New Mexico hazardous material incident coordinator, attended and graduated from the National Fire Academy at New Mexico Tech for hazardous material in 1992 and 1994. He has attended hazardous material critical incident command school, homeland security combating terrorism, critical incident command, and active shooter training.
Joseph Arredondo
Patrol Officer I
Campus Police
Officer Joseph Arredondo graduated from Western New Mexico Police Academy in 1998. He currently has over 20 years of law enforcement experience. He had previous stints with Western New Mexico University Police Department, Ruidoso Police Department and finally Silver City Police Department, where he retired as a Patrol Sergeant in 2019. Officer Arredondo has received numerous hours of training during his career, which includes some of the following; First Line Supervisor, Crash Reconstructionist, DWI and Radar/Lidar Instructor, Active Shooter, Instructor Development, Desert Snow, just to name a few. He also taught for several years at WNMU Police Academy. Officer Arredondo joined Western New Mexico University Police Department in September 2020.
Ricky Villalobos
Patrol Officer I
Campus Police
Ricky Villalobos is a Graduate from Western New Mexico University Police Academy in 1993. He started his career in Gallup New Mexico where he was promoted to Narcotics Investigations. After serving four years he moved back to Silver City NM and continued his career for 21 years with the Silver City Police Department, retiring as Captain of Investigations. During his career with the Silver City Police Department Officer Villalobos held the ranks of Detective Sergeant, Lieutenant of Traffic and Patrol and Captain of Traffic and Patrol. Officer Villalobos has attended numerous hours in advanced training, some of which include Critical Incident Command, DEA Academy, Homicide Investigations and Internal Affairs. Officer Villalobos is also a graduate of the 235th FBI National Academy. Officer Villalobos is a certified New Mexico Department of Public Safety Police Instructor and instructs Firearms and Critical Incident Management. He serves as an adjunct instructor for the WNMU Police Academy.
Barbara Perez
Campus Security Specialist
Campus Police
Campus Security Specialist, has been an employee with the Campus Police department for 20 years. Barbara is a Certified Tele-communicator through the State of New Mexico Department of Public Safety. She dispatches, she is the records clerk, monitors security cameras, and is the office manager. She also assist with security during special events. Barbara has several hours of advanced training in various subjects regarding law enforcement. Barbara is very happy to be part of the Mustang family and enjoys being involved with all the students, faculty, staff and community members at Western New Mexico University.
James Dean
Patrol Officer I
Campus Police
