ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO TACKLE THE LARGE BACKLOG OF UNTESTED RAPE KITS. HE SAYS THERE ARE OVER 54-HUNDRED OF THE UNTESTED KITS STATEWIDE AND 75 PERCENT OF THOSE ARE IN ALBUQUERQUE.
KELLER SAYS TESTING THE KITS IS ALSO A CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORT AS THE RESULTS WILL LEAD TO MORE OFFENDERS BEING CHARGED AND, IF FOUND GUILTY , REMOVED FROM THE STREETS OF THE CITY.
