ALLEGATIONS THAT ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT RANK AND FILE MAY HAVE ALTERED OR DELETED LAPEL CAMERA VIDEO LEADS TO AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND BOARD CHAIRWOMAN BETH MOHR TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT APD CHIEF GORDEN EDEN AND OTHERS IN THE DEPARTMENT COULD BE ASKED BY THE BOARD TO RESIGN IF THE ALLEGATIONS ARE PROVEN TO BE TRUE.
BOARD MEMBERS VOTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO FORMALLY WRITE TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI, REQUESTING THAT THEY INVESTIGATE. THEY’LL ALSO ASK THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO INVESTIGATE, A PROCESS NOW UNDERWAY BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
D-A- KARI BRANDENBURG HAS ALSO ASKED THE FBI AND D-O-J TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER.
