AMID HEIGHTENED TENSIONS OVER RECENT POLICE SHOOTINGS, THREE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SUBSTATIONS WERE VANDALIZED SOMETIME MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BOBBY SISNEROS WITH THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THE SUBSTATIONS ARE AT CENTRAL AND RIO GRANDE, CENTRAL AND GIRARD, MONTGOMERY AND TRAMWAY, AND A SUBSTATION AT THE SOUTH BROADWAY COMMUNITY CENTER.
SISNEROS SAYS INSTEAD OF USING SPRAY PAINT, THE VANDALS USED GALLON CANS OF PAINT, POURING IT OVER THE WALLS OF THE FACILITIES. HE SAYS THE CITY'S GRAFFITI TEAM SET OUT TUESDAY MORNING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.
HE'S NOT SURE HOW MUCH THE CLEANUP WILL COST…BUT THE GRAFFITI TEAM HAS AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF ONE AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
