FIRED ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER JEREMY DEAR CONTINUES TO TRY TO GET HIS OLD JOB BACK … BUT CHIEF GORDEN EDEN IS STANDING BY HIS DECISION TO FIRE HIM. DEAR WAS FIRED IN 2014, AFTER HE SHOT AND KILLED 19 YEAR OLD AUTO THEFT SUSPECT MARY HAWKES DURING A FOOT CHASE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE IN APRIL.
CHIEF EDEN SAYS HE TERMINATED DEAR’S EMPLOYMENT AT APD BECAUSE HE CONSISTENTLY VIOLATED A VERBAL ORDER TO RECORD ALL ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE WITH LAPEL CAMERAS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT. HE SAYS THERE WERE MANY TIMES DEAR DIDN’T USE THE CAMERA. DEAR SAYS HE WASN’T PROPERLY TRAINED TO USE IT.
THE HEARING CONCERNING HIS REINSTATEMENT AT APD IS ONGOING.
