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Bill would create statewide standard for law enforcement use of force

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal In the summer of 2019, 50 New Mexico State Police officers were deployed to patrol certain neighborhoods in Albuquerque, making more than 700 arrests in two months. The “surge operation” was criticized early on after officers shot at suspects in vehicles in back-to-back incidents – a practice Albuquerque Police Department officers are prohibited from doing except in very specific circumstances. ...................... Leon Howard, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, said that if a proposed police reform bill passes, all officers in the state will be held to the same standard regarding when they can use deadly force.

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Lawmaker introduces police reform bill | The NM Political Report

By Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican | February 2, 2021 A Democratic state lawmaker introduced a bill Monday that calls for sweeping police reforms, in particular restricting officers’ use of physical force and requiring officers to intercede when they witness inappropriate use of force by a colleague. Senate Bill 227 came less than a day after a Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man while responding to a fight near an Albuquerque elementary school. The case was still under investigation Monday evening. Sen. Linda Lopez of Albuquerque, the sponsor of SB 227, said she knew nothing about the incident when she announced the new bill. “It just makes it much more important,” she said.

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NM civil rights law passes first hearing

.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Fencing went up around the Roundhouse last week, a precautionary measure given reports of possibly violent protests at state capitols around the country. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – A proposal to establish a New Mexico Civil Rights Act began moving through the state House on Monday over the objection of city, county and school agencies – all of which expressed fear about the cost of new legal claims. Supporters, in turn, offered blunt testimony about the need to hold law enforcement and government bodies accountable in state court for wrongdoing. ...................... They cited the wrongful arrest of a teenager later cleared of a murder charge, sexual abuse of foster children and the shooting of a woman by sheriff’s deputies as examples of cases that could lead to the filing of state lawsuits alleging violations of the New Mexi

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