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The Line: Critiques Of APD Drug Stings

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May 20, 2016 – Local media are reporting that the Albuquerque Police Department asked a judge to allow the department to manufacture and use confiscated drugs for undercover busts. APD detective Brian Sallee said in an interview with KRQE that APD is, “not out there making drugs and [APD is] not putting drugs out onto the street.” Sallee…

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The Line: APD ‘Use of Force” Policy

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May 6, 2016 – The Albuquerque Policy Department is currently under going changes required in a consent decree signed in 2014 between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice. APD officials recently unveiled a new use of force policy, but some members of APD’s citizen oversight board have raised questions about the policy and…

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