ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER’S PLAN TO WALK THE BEAT IN THE SILVER PLATINUM DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREA WAS CANCELLED LAST WEEK. GILBERT GALLEGOS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH APD, SAYS THEY CALLED IT OFF SO KELLER COULD FOCUS ON THE A-R-T PROJECT. AND GALLEGOS SAYS THEY PLAN TO DO WALK-THROUGHS AROUND THE CITY.
LEON GARCIA, PRESIDENT OF THE SILVER PLATINUM AREA, SAYS CRIME HAS BEEN INCREASING THERE, BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS NOT TO GET CRIMINALS TO GO ELSEWHERE. HE SAYS RESIDENTS HOW THE PRESENCE OF POLICE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD … WHEN THEY GET IT … DISCOURAGES CRIME ALTOGETHER.
MEMBERS THE GROUP VOTED FOR KELLER BECAUSE HE SAID HE’D LOCATE A POLICE DISTRICT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. GARCIA SAYS THEY HAVE YET TO SEE THE POLICE DISTRICT.
