IT MAY GET EASIER TO BECOME AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER. IN AN EFFORT TO BOOST NUMBERS ON THE FORCE, CHIEF GORDEN EDEN SAYS THEY’RE REACHING OUT TO GOVERNMENT WORKERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN POLICE WORK. EDEN SAYS THOSE CANDIDATES MUST HAVE A PROVEN JOB HISTORY … MAINLY AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
APD ALSO SAYS ANYONE WHO COMPLETES THE CADET TRAINING WILL HAVE 28 COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS AND WILL HAVE THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE THE ASSOCIATES DEGREE. THOSE WHO DON’T COULD BE ASSIGNED TO CIVILIAN JOBS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
