STEPHANIE LOPEZ IS OUT AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. LOPEZ RESIGNED AT TUESDAY NIGHT’S MEETING AFTER BEING ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE LAST WEEK. LOPEZ ALLEGEDLY HIT HER 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER MULTIPLE TIMES. CHARGES AGAINST HER INCLUDE CHILD ABUSE WITHOUT GREAT BODILY HARM AS WELL AS INTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS.
UNION VICE PRESIDENT SHAUN WILLOUGHBY IS ACTING PRESIDENT FOR THE REST OF LOPEZ’S TERM. AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS JUSTIN MONTGOMERY, WHO SHOT AND KILLED A WOUNDED, UNARMED MAN IN 2009, IS THE UNION’S NEW VICE PRESIDENT.
