A SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS BEEN NAMED TO BE THE LEAD NEGOTIATOR IN TALKS BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND THE U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE ON ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT REFORMS. SCOTT GREENWOOD IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY FROM CINCINNATTI. TOM STREICHER, A FORMER CINCINNATI POLICE CHIEF, HAS ALSO BEEN BROUGHT ON AS A CONSULTANT. THE TWO WILL REPRESENT THE CITY AS IT BEGINS TALKS WITH THE DOJ, WHICH CONCLUDED IN A REPORT RELEASED THURSDAY THAT APD OFFICERS HAVE USED EXCESSIVE FORCE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. GREENWOOD TOLD REPORTERS FRIDAY THAT THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE DOJ FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION WITHIN APD, AND THAT ITS PROBLEMS ARE FIXABLE.
