ANOTHER MOVE TO BLOCK THE TV SHOW "COPS" FROM RETURNING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA TO FILM. IT'S SET TO START SHOOTING IN APRIL, RIDING ALONG WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. AND SHERIFF DAN HOUSTON STILL ISN'T BOWING TO THE PRESSURE TO ABANDON THE DEAL.
ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS KEN SANCHEZ AND DON HARRIS ARE THE LATEST LAWMAKERS TO JUMP ON THE ANTI-"COPS" BANDWAGON. LIKE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DEBBIE O'MALLEY AND MAGGIE HART STEBBINS, THEY SAY FILMING "COPS" IN AND AROUND ALBUQUERQUE WILL HURT FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY SENDING BUSINESSES THE MESSAGE THAT THE AREA IS DANGEROUS. THEY SAY IT'S HURT BUSINESS IN THE PAST. HOUSTON SAYS THERE'S NO DATA TO BACK UP THAT CLAIM.
SANCHEZ AND HARRIS WILL INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION NEXT MONDAY ASKING THAT HOUSTON END HIS PUSH TO ALLOW THE SHOW TO FILM HIS DEPUTIES.
