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Eric Myler with SignArt of New Mexico anchors a new sign on the Albuquerque Police Department headquarters Downtown. (Jim Thompson / Albuquerque Journal)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The latest report card on the city’s efforts to reform the Albuquerque Police Department is in, and it’s not good.
It says APD has taken several steps backward in training officers on court-mandated policies and holding them accountable when they mess up.
In fact, in some ways the department is further from completing the process than it was two years ago, according to the report.
So why is APD even in this process?
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New Mexico Seeks Pot Legalization Amid Discord On Oversight - By Morgan Lee Associated Press
Several proposals to legalize cannabis are competing for support in the New Mexico state Senate with three weeks left to send a bill to the governor.
There s widespread support among lawmakers for creating a taxed and regulated market for recreational sales.
Efforts to legalize cannabis took center stage Saturday as a Senate panel grappled with how the state might effectively stamp out illicit pot, prevent child access and foster a competitive marketplace and job growth. The committee aims to produce a compromise bill with broad support within a week.
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US District Judge James Browning
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Following a federal court hearing Friday afternoon, U.S. District Judge James Browning signed off on a stipulated order from the city of Albuquerque and the Department of Justice proposing the creation of an outside team to assist the Albuquerque Police Department’s internal affairs force division with investigations into all but the most minor uses of force.
Browning said he expects to issue a written opinion on the matter in April in response to the comments he heard in court.
Under the order, the city will hire an administrator who will hire an as yet undecided number of investigators for the External Force Investigation Team. The outside investigators will accompany internal affairs detectives to the scene after an APD officer uses force on a person that causes injury, hospitalization or death. The external investigator will be privy to all evidence, documents and investigative notes and will evaluate the quality of the in