BUSINESS OWNERS IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NOB HILL SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS MORE POLICE OFFICERS PATROLLING AT NIGHT. THE SHOP OWNERS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME IN NOB HILL … ESPECIALLY AFTER UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LOBO BASEBALL PLAYER JACKSON WELLER WAS SHOT TO DEATH THIS WEEK NEAR CENTRAL AND RICHMOND, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NOB HILL BAR AND GRILL.
NICOLE KAPNISON OWNS THE BAR AND GRILL AND TELLS KOB TV BUSINESS OWNERS IN NOB HILL HAVE BEGGED APD TO PUT OFFICERS IN THE AREA AT NIGHT. THEY EVEN SAID THEY’D PAY THE OVERTIME FOR OFFICERS WORKING LATE AT NIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THE CRIME, THE BUSINESS OWNERS ALSO COMPLAIN ABOUT CAR THIEVES AND OTHER THEFT … HOMELESS PEOPLE … AND CRIME IN GENERAL.
