RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICERS ARE WEARING A SPECIAL MEMORIAL BAND ON THEIR BADGES IN HONOR OF 24 YEAR OLD OFFICER ANTHONY HAASE. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS PATROL CAR CRASHED SUNDAY MORNING AS HE DROVE TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL. HAASE'S VEHICLE WAS THE ONLY ONE INVOLVED WHEN HE DROVE OFF A NARROW ROAD AND INTO A STEEP RAVINE NEAR IDALIA AND 528.
HAASE HAD BEEN ON THE FORCE FOR JUST A YEAR. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF RIO RANCHO HIGH SCHOOL.
