Source: www.abqjournal.com - Wednesday, December 31, 2014
It’s been a violent half-decade for the Albuquerque Police Department – its officers have been involved in 41 shootings, 27 of them fatal, since 2010. But 2014 came to a close with the longest gap between police shootings in the past five years. APD officers haven’t been in an officer-involved shooting since July 22, which is more than five months. Prior to this stretch, the longest the department went without a shooting since 2010 was about 3½ months, from mid-March to early July 2013. “It’s a different world right now,” Michael Gomez, who has become a strong advocate for APD reform since his son Alan was shot by police in 2011, said Wednesday. When asked about the gap between shootings, Deputy Chief William Roseman rapped his knuckles on his desk. (Knock on wood.) “Some of it is pure dumb luck,” he said. “We’ve had so many calls that all it took was something to be a little bit different and it could have been an officer-involved shooting.” And there have been two police shootings in the Albuquerque area in December, said Maj. Tim Gonterman. A Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputy fatally shot an armed man after a traffic stop on West Central within Albuquerque police’s jurisdiction, and APD officers were on scene when a New Mexico State Police officer shot a man in Los Lunas. APD officers also were on a task force with a U.S. marshal who shot and killed an armed man in Albuquerque in June. “We’re realists and hopefully eve
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It’s been a violent half-decade for the Albuquerque Police Department – its officers have been involved in 41 shootings, 27 of them fatal, since 2010. But 2014 came to a close with the longest gap between police shootings in the past five years. APD officers haven’t been in an officer-involved shooting since July 22, which is more than five months. Prior to this stretch, the longest the department went without a shooting since 2010 was about 3½ months, from mid-March to early July 2013. “It’s a different world right now,” Michael Gomez, who has become a strong advocate for APD reform since his son Alan was shot by police in 2011, said Wednesday. When asked about the gap between shootings, Deputy Chief William Roseman rapped his knuckles on his desk. (Knock on wood.) “Some of it is pure dumb luck,” he said. “We’ve had so many calls that all it took was something to be a little bit different and it could have been an officer-involved shooting.” And there have been two police shootings in the Albuquerque area in December, said Maj. Tim Gonterman. A Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputy fatally shot an armed man after a traffic stop on West Central within Albuquerque police’s jurisdiction, and APD officers were on scene when a New Mexico State Police officer shot a man in Los Lunas. APD officers also were on a task force with a U.S. marshal who shot and killed an armed man in Albuquerque in June. “We’re realists and hopefully eve
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