ALBUQUERQUE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APD REFORMS

 

FOLLOWING A SUMMER BREAK, THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET MONDAY…FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A MONTH AND-A-HALF. COUNCIL PRESIDENT KEN SANCHEZ SAYS, LATER THIS FALL, COUNCILORS WILL VOTE ON AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON APD REFORMS.

SANCHEZ SAYS HE'S PLEASED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS: HE SAYS MAYOR BERRY AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE COUNCIL WOULD BE INVOLVED.

THE CITY AND THE D-O-J SIGNED AN AGREEMENT LAST WEEK THAT SAYS AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR WILL OVERSEE REFORMS AT APD.