THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS SETTLED FOR SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY AN UNDERCOVER POLICE DETECTIVE. JACOB GRANT NEARLY DIED AFTER HE WAS SHOT NINE TIMES BY HIS OWN LIEUTENANT, GREG BRACHLE, OUTSIDE A MCDONALDS NEAR CENTRAL AND TRAMWAY IN JANUARY OF 2015. IT HAPPENED DURING A DRUG STING. THE CITY HAS ALSO AGREED TO PAY GRANT’S MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR AS LONG AS HE LIVES. BRACHLE RETIRED FROM APD EARLIER IN MARCH AFTER THE POLICE OVERSIGHT AGENCY RECOMMENDED HE BE FIRED.
