Monitor s report finds Albuquerque Police Department lacking
May 4, 2021
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A federal monitor s latest report says the Albuquerque Police Department is making some progress on use of force but falling short in other ways.
In turn, the police chief and the police officers union are critical of the report by the court-appointed monitor, James Ginger, KRQE-TV reported.
The report said that years into the department’s reform efforts there are still too many instances of officers using unnecessary force and that the department apparently lacks “an appetite for taking serious approaches to control excessive or unwarranted uses of force.”
Albuquerque police union starts campaign focused on crime
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ALBUQUERQUE – The union that represents police officers in New Mexico’s largest city has launched a $70,000 campaign aimed at highlighting Albuquerque’s persistent crime problems.
The Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association is using billboards and television, radio and social media ads to urge the public to tell city leaders that the focus should be on crime rather than wasting money on continued oversight by the U.S. Justice Department.
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The Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association launched a campaign urging the community to speak out again “endless DOJ oversight.” There will be 33 billboards around the city, as well as spots on TV, radio and social media. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis / Albuquerque Journal)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association has launched a campaign urging the public to tell city leaders that “crime matters more” and that “they want to focus on the growing crime problem, instead of wasting millions of dollars on endless Department of Justice oversight.”
The city has been under a settlement agreement with the DOJ after a federal investigation found in 2014 that officers had a pattern and practice of using excessive force and violating citizens’ constitutional rights. The investigation was spurred by numerous shootings of people who did not seem to pose a threat. Many of
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