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APD Chief Medina: Department Is ‘Not Going Back’

May 30, 2025
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5.30.25 – Police Chief Harold Medina strikes a reassuring tone, saying: “We’re not going back to where we were…We’ve built a strong department that has accountability, that believes in constitutional policing and that is lowering crime.”  Host/Correspondent: Nash Jones  Guest: Harold Medina, Chief, Albuquerque Police Department  For More Information:  Findings Letter on the Albuquerque Police Department –…

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Looking Ahead to a Post-DOJ APD

May 30, 2025
A cityscape at night shows illuminated buildings, including two high-rise towers with orange-lit roofs, against a dark sky with city lights in the background.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we explore the future for the Albuquerque Police Department, now that an 11-year, federally mandated reform effort has ended.   Police Chief Harold Medina strikes a reassuring tone, telling NMiF host Nash Jones: “We’re not going back to where we were… We’ve built a strong department that has accountability,…

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