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Created: April 14, 2021 08:38 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. More than a dozen APD officers quit the Emergency Response Team (ERT) following a counterprotest over the weekend. This comes down to a lack of trust,” said Shaun Willoughby, president of the Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association.
Seventeen officers, one lieutenant, and two sergeants resigned from the team that handles protests. According to Willoughby, he said his officers feel over-scrutinized, so they decided to take a stand with each other. They re damned if they do, and they re damned if they don t,” he said.
APD officials later reversed that decision, and put an officer on leave for the day to conduct an investigation. APD said there was a breakdown in the chain of command about whether charges would be pressed against the armed man.
A year of tumult over race and policing is coming to a head in New Mexico’s busy legislative session.
With just weeks to go before it ends on March 20, lawmakers have introduced dozens of bills aimed at reforming law enforcement and several have progressed through committees. As a share of total introduced legislation, bills related to policing doubled this year over previous sessions, according to data from Legislative Council Service.
According to Rep. Antonio Maestas, D-Albuquerque, the quantity of proposals this year reflects the urgency of the moment. “The national outcry regarding police accountability forced our hand.”
Law enforcement sees it differently. Shaun Willoughby, President of the Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association, said the proposals display a fundamental ignorance about policing and shouldn’t be passed over the objections of law enforcement. “Reform is something you do with your officers, not to your officers.”
Here s a look at the police reform bills sweeping the New Mexico statehouse Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth
A year of tumult over race and policing is coming to a head in New Mexico’s busy legislative session.
With just weeks to go before it ends on March 20, lawmakers have introduced dozens of bills aimed at reforming law enforcement and several have progressed through committees. As a share of total introduced legislation, bills related to policing doubled this year over previous sessions, according to data from Legislative Council Service.
According to Rep. Antonio Maestas, D-Albuquerque, the quantity of proposals this year reflects the urgency of the moment. “The national outcry regarding police accountability forced our hand.”