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Created: February 04, 2021 03:19 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Law enforcement claims social media is playing a role in the violence in Albuquerque. We have social media being used as a means for dealing drugs. And we conducted some operations this past week, said interim Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina.
APD said the drug market on social media is growing. They launched an operation recently to target offenders. It was a successful operation, that operation; it yielded four felony arrests for trafficking controlled substances, said Lt. Scott Norris.
APD says the online dealing typically leads to low-level drug sales in parks or hotels, possibly driven by New Mexico s unemployment rate. However, they say the deals can quickly turn violent.
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With about 300 shooting victims in Bernalillo County, and more than 80 homicides in the county and Albuquerque last year, innovative programs directed at reducing gun violence in the Metro are certainly welcome.
Kyle Hartsock, special agent in charge of the Crime Strategies Unit at the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office, says his group has made an interactive, in-depth dashboard on every shooting since 2018 accessible on the web. To address the scourge that is gun violence and change behaviors, “It’s one thing to know there’s a shooting, but it’s equally important to know who got shot, who likely did the shooting and why the shooting happened in the first place. It allows people to take those more proactive measures.”
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