THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS COMMUNITY POLICING IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WORKING. APD OFFICERS NOW HOLD THEIR BRIEFINGS IN PLAIN SIGHT. KOB TV REPORTS THEY’RE ALSO ADDRESSING RESIDENTS’ CONCERNS. ONE POLICE SERGEANT TELLS KOB TV THAT OFFICERS NOW ACTUALLY GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK TO PEOPLE, PROVIDING POLICE WITH MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT’S HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
ON SUNDAY, OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT 20 MINUTES OF HIGH VISIBILITY CONTROLS, AFTER WHICH THEY ARRESTED THE SUSPECTS WHO TURNED OUT TO BE REPEAT OFFENDERS … SOME WHO HAD VIOLENT FELONY WARRANTS.
