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Policing in 2020: APD Consent Decree | Web Extra

September 25, 2020
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September 25, 2020 – Host Gene Grants spends a few more minutes with our guests talking about what it will take to see meaningful reform within the Albuquerque Police Department. Host/Correspondent: Gene Grant Guests:Dr. Finnie Coleman, American Literary Studies Associate Professor, UNM Department of EnglishSteve Torres, APD Forward Kate Lynnes, Mental Healthcare Advocate

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Policing in 2020 and Beyond: Behavioral Health

September 25, 2020
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September 25, 2020 – Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller wants to create a new Department of Community Safety, which would shift some emergency calls to behavioral health specialists, homeless advocates and social workers instead of armed officers. But will it work, and does it address the need for culture change in the APD? Host Gene Grant…

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