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Violent crime has increased 53% since city signed DOJ settlement agreement
Other large cities see double-digit increases Share Updated: 8:08 AM MST Feb 12, 2021
Other large cities see double-digit increases Share Updated: 8:08 AM MST Feb 12, 2021
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Show Transcript AND, ARE WE SAFER? EVER SINCE THE CITY SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT IN 2015, AGREEING IT WOULD UPHOLD OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, THIS IS HOW VIOLENT CRIME HAS INCREASED IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. WE ARE TALKING MURDERS, RAPES, ROBBERIES AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, HAVE CLIMBED 53%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA FROM THE FBI. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED SINCE THE CITY REACHED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AGREEING TO IMPLEMENT ABOUT 300 POLICY AND OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO REFORM THE DEPARTMENT. THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS SET UP TO FAIL, AND THE TAXPAYERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TAKING THE BRUNT THERE’S LA
Created: January 21, 2021 05:01 PM
“I think we have three good finalists, and I think that s a great thing for the city of Albuquerque,” said Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller. “The goal for our search is that we need to find the leadership for the city of Albuquerque in terms of public safety.”
Current acting Interim Police Chief Harold Medina is being considered for the position along with Clinton Nichols, chief of police for Commerce City, Colorado, and Joseph Sullivan, retired deputy commissioner of patrol operations with the Philadelphia Police Department.
“The three people that came up to be the finalists all had very creative and innovative ideas in terms of how to deal with moral, conflict and how to motivate their team,” said Herb Crosby, a hiring consultant.
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When the sun sets in downtown Rhinelander, Hodag park lights up with thousands of multi-colored Christmas lights.
Cars line up around the block to view the spectacle.
“The windows are rolled down. The kids are staring out. Their eyes are just fixated on these displays. You can see the twinkle in their eyes,” said Shawn Will, the organization’s chairperson of the marketing and public relations committee.
Will has been helping to organize the event since it started four years ago.
This year, he said Lights of the Northwoods has been doing particularly well in spite of, or perhaps because of, the COVID-19 pandemic.