A SURVEY ABOUT WORKING AT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT FINDS MOST APD COPS HAVE “SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED” QUITTING THEIR JOB IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS 491 OFFICERS DID THE SURVEY … AND THEY RANKED FROM LIEUTENANT ON DOWN.
THE SURVEY SAYS 70 PERCENT OF OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY THOUGHT OF QUITTING .. WITH 69 PERCENT BLAMING WORK CONDITIONS AND 67 PERCENT SAYING THEY NEED BETTER PAY. THE JOURNAL REPORTS OTHER REASONS FOR WANTING TO LEAVE APD INCLUDED FEAR OF MEDIA SCRUTINY … WANTING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE … AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH THEY SAY HAS NO BUSINESS RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT.
