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APD Shooting Victim’s Parents Offer Message to Other Families
5.30.25 – Steve and Renetta Torres lost their son, Christopher, in 2011 when two plainclothes APD detectives jumped a wall into the family’s back yard…
Civil Rights Lawyer on Maintaining the ‘Scaffolding’ for Reform
5.30.25 – Albuquerque-based civil rights lawyer Mark Fine talks about some of the under-discussed benefits of the reform effort — with transparency at APD topping…
City Councilor Says Legislative Branch Must Hold APD Accountable
5.30.25 – Albuquerque City Councilor Nichole Rogers acknowledges that the city’s legislative branch must now play a larger role in ensuring accountability. Host/Correspondent: Nash Jones Guest: Nichole…
APD Chief Medina: Department Is ‘Not Going Back’
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…
City Councilor on Policing in International District
5.23.25 – City Councilor Nichole Rogers ran for her seat in 2023 in part on a platform of improving policing. Rogers speaks with Nash about…
Civil Rights Attorney on ‘Police Culture’ at APD
5.23.25 – Longtime civil rights lawyer Mark Fine has monitored the situation at APD for years. Fine joins Jeff tor the long-view perspective on how…
APD Chief Medina on the DOJ-Mandated Reform Effort
5.23.25 – When Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller appointed Harold Medina as APD chief in 2020, the department was still not fully in charge of itself,…
APD Shooting Victim’s Parents on Their Push for Police Reform
5.23.25 – On April 12, 2011, two plainclothes APD detectives killed 27-year-old Christopher Torres, shooting him three times in the back in his family’s backyard.…
Oñate Demonstration Shooting Survivor Sues Rio Arriba County
5.16.25 – In September 2023, Jacob Johns was shot will attending a celebration of Rio Arriba County’s decision to delay installing a statue of Spanish…
NM Sen. Jay Block on Creating State Program Similar to DOGE
5.16.25 – State Sen. Jay Block, R-Rio Rancho, introduced a bill during this year’s legislative session to create a program similar to the Department of…
AmeriCorps Cuts Disrupt NM Programs
5.16.25 – The Albuquerque Sign Language Academy is one of several local programs hit hard by the AmeriCorps cuts. Jones recently sat down with Rafe…
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich on Major Cuts to AmeriCorps
5.16.25 – This week, we turn our attention to federal cuts made to AmeriCorps, the government agency that’s trained generations of Americans to help others.…