Posts Tagged ‘consent decree’
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 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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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, having blown past the deadline to end a court-approved settlement agreement the city signed with the U.S. Department of Justice six years prior. DOJ investigators had identified a deeply embedded…
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