Albuquerque Police Department
Recent News About Albuquerque Police Department
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The District Attorney’s Office in Bernalillo County announced on Monday that it is now caught up entirely on the backlog of police shooting cases while continuing to look for additional special prosecutors to prevent the system from bogging down again.
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Lifelong resident Joe Abbin said there is a simple way to reduce crime in Albuquerque and that is to put more police on the street and more criminals behind bars.
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An Albuquerque city council member is pushing for a vaccine mandate in the city’s police and fire departments as unions remain dead set against the idea, according to a report by KRQE.
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The Albuquerque Police Department’s Organized Crime Unit has arrested six individuals connected to a shoplifting operation at Harbor Freight.
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Ed Harness, Executive Director of the Civilian Police Oversight Agency (CPOA) is stepping down this week after not being automatically reappointed by the organization's council.
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Albuquerque police are searching for the person or persons involved in a string of shoplifting cases in retail stores across the metro area.
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The still unsolved 2017 homicide of a 26-year-old artist and University of New Mexico philosophy student in Albuquerque is featured in the city police department's latest "Duke City Case Files" episode.
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Officer Mario Verbeck was injured last month during a shootout with a robbery suspect, and his colleagues are now collaborating to rebuild one of Verbeck's cars and asking for the public's help.
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At a news conference last week, the wife of an injured officer addressed the Albuquerque Police Department's staffing shortage the day that her husband was shot, according to KOAT.
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After more than seven years of scrutiny, the Albuquerque Police Department may soon welcome changes in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) oversight through a court-appointed monitor.
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The Albuquerque City Council is asking courts to impose harsher terms for gun offenses, according to a report by KRQE.
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With a 9% decline in auto thefts this year, Albuquerque is no longer ranked in the top five nationwide for auto thefts, coming in instead at number six.
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One suspect has been named after four Albuquerque Police Department officers were injured while responding to a robbery call on Aug. 19.
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On the morning of Aug. 19, three Albuquerque police officers were shot after responding to a robbery call near a Dutch Bros.
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Albuquerque has experienced an uptick in homicides this year that's hurtling it toward a new yearly record.
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Albuquerque Police Department makes 'good push' to snare veteran officers with $15,000 sign-on bonus
The City of Albuquerque hopes a monetary incentive will entice enough officers to join the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) to build up the force with seasoned members of law enforcement.
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The Albuquerque Police Department continues to successfully recruit and hire officers to join the ranks as 6 new lateral transfers graduate today and 48 cadets become sworn officers in October.
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Three former Albuquerque police detectives are suing the city after claiming that they were pushed out for speaking up about serial rapists getting away with crimes due to a lack of action from police department leadership.
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Although it can be argued that New Mexico meant well with its firearms-related legislation of recent years, advocates of responsible gun ownership say the efforts are doing more harm than good.
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Modeled after the community-driven public-safety program successfully implemented in downtown Albuquerque in 2019, the newly launched Nob Hill-University ECHO Program will engage University of New Mexico officials, local business owners and law enforcement leaders in discussions about how to enhance public safety in that area.