FORMER STATE TREASURER JAMES LEWIS IS APPOINTED BY ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR KELLER TO BE THE CITY’S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. LEWIS WILL OVERSEE POLICE REFORM AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH ALBUQUERQUE. MAYOR KELLER SAYS LEWIS WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH APD AND THE DOJ COMPLIANCE BUREAU.
LEWIS HAS SERVED TWO TERMS AS STATE TREASURER AND TWO TERMS AT BERNALILLO COUNTY TREASURER.