THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THURSDAY RELEASED THE LAPEL CAM VIDEO OF UNDERCOVER OFFICER JACOB GRANT BEING SHOT BY HIS BOSS DURING A DRUG STING NEARLY 15 MONTHS AGO. GRANT WAS SHOT NINE TIMES BY LIEUTENANT GREG BRACHLE, WHO CAN HE HEARD IN THE VIDEO YELLING AN APOLOGY TO GRANT AND SAYING HE DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS HIM THAT HE’D SHOT.
THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED A DAY AFTER THE CITY AND GRANT SETTLED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT. THE SETTLEMENT INCLUDES PAYING GRANT’S MEDICAL BILLS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
CHIEF GORDEN EDEN SAYS APD NEEDS TO LEARN FROM THE INCIDENT. THE DEPARTMENT THURSDAY RELEASED A LIST OF CHANGES MADE SINCE THEN … INCLUDING INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF OFFICER TRAINING AND INVESTIGATIONS AND IMPROVED PROCEDURES AND PLANNING FOR STING OPERATIONS.
