HE’S A MAN WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT’S HOW THE MAYOR’S OFFICE DESCRIBES MICHAEL GEIER, NAMED AS THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE’S POLICE CHIEF ON WEDNESDAY. GEIER HAS RUN APD IN AN INTERIM CAPACITY SINCE LAST DECEMBER.
GEIER TO THE POSITION AFTER SERVING AS THE POLICE CHIEF IN RIO RANCHO. GEIER’S POLICE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES 20 YEARS AS A COP IN CHICAGO AND 20 YEARS AFTER THAT WITH APD.
AND IT WAS RIGHT TO WORK WEDNESDAY FOR ALBUQUERQUE’S NEW POLICE CHIEF. GEIER ATTENDED THE RE-OPENING OF THE TRIANGLE MINI-SUBSTATION IN THE 29-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CENTRAL AVENUE NORTHEAST. THE LOCATION HASN’T BEEN USED FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. GEIER SAYS THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN TO BRING OFFICERS INTO THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.
GEIER SAYS, THIS SUBSTATION, ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN BICYCLE PATROLS, WILL BRING A GREATER POLICE PRESENCE TO THE NOB HILL AREA.
