IT'S OFFICIAL. ALBUQUERQUE HAS A NEW POLICE CHIEF. GORDON EDEN WAS SWORN IN BY MAYOR BERRY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, BECOMING APD'S 19TH CHIEF OF POLICE. EDEN SAYS ONE OF HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGES WILL BE FILLING VACANCIES ON THE FORCE. HE SAYS APD'S RECRUITING POOL CONTINUES TO SHRINK, FORCING THE DEPARTMENT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT FINDING PEOPLE TO FILL PUBLIC SAFETY JOBS.
BUT UNTIL HE LOOKS AT THE BUDGET, EDEN SAYS HE WON'T BE SURE HOW MANY MORE OFFICERS ARE NEEDED.
EDEN REPLACES INTERIM POLICE CHIEF ALAN BANKS, WHO'S TAKEN THE JOB OF POLICE CHIEF IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, A SUBURB OF AUSTIN.
