ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER KEITH SANDY … ONE OF TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HOMELESS CAMPER JAMES BOYD IN MARCH … IS RETIRING. POLICE SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER CONFIRMS SANDY SUBMITTED HIS NOTICE OF RESIGNATION ON TUESDAY. TIXIER DID NOT KNOW SANDY'S LAST DAY WITH APD.
SANDY HAS BEEN ON PAID LEAVE AT APD SINCE BOYD WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE SANDIA FOOTHILLS LAST MARCH, WHERE HE WAS ILLEGALLY CAMPING. THE INCIDENT SPARKED CITYWIDE PROTESTS AND MADE HEADLINES OUTSIDE NEW MEXICO.
SANDY HAS WORKED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ALBUQUERQUE SINCE 2007. HE WAS HIRED JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER BEING FIRED BY STATE POLICE.
