APD Releases Homicide Numbers

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE A LOT OF HOMICIDES TO SOLVE. APD SPOKESMAN OFFICER SIMON DROBIK TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE CITY NOW HAS 43 MURDERS BEING INVESTIGATED THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ONLY HALF OVER. DROBIK SAYS FIVE OF THOSE KILLINGS HAVE BEEN DEEMED JUSTIFIABLE.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO AT A 51 PERCENT RATE FOR SOLVING THE MURDERS … WHICH IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. DROBIK SAYS THEY DO EXPECT THE CLEARANCE RATING TO IMPROVE.

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