Posts Tagged ‘APD’
Police Staffing Issues
September 17, 2021 – Crime often tops the list of problems facing New Mexicans, yet cities and counties say it’s hard finding enough police officers and deputies to tackle the issue. In Albuquerque, less than half of the force of 959 sworn law enforcers are patrol officers. The Line opinion panel examines police staffing problems…
Read More‘Failing Miserably’ at APD
November 13, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists talk about two new issues in the Albuquerque Police Department: an overtime audit that showed two officers making more than $100,000 last year in overtime pay alone, and another excoriating report from an independent monitor appointed to oversee the department’s unconstitutional policing practices. The…
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