POLICY DEVELOPMENT FIRST … STAFFING TRAINING AFTERWARDS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S OVERSIGHT MONITOR TOLD THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT IN A PROGRESS REPORT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS “DISJOINTED AND DISORGANIZED.”
JAMES GINGER SAYS THE CITY IS IN THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BE A LONG REFORM PROCESS … ONE HE EXPECTS WILL TAKE AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE. HE AS FOR APD’S USE-OF-FORCE POLICY, GINGER SAYS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE COMPLETED SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR.
