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Video: Albuquerque Officer Shot in Face Wednesday at Traffic Stop was Former Officer of the Year

Webster was named 2013 APD Officer of the Year. He also served as a paratrooper for 20 years in the U.S. Army before retiring, and has served with APD since July 2006.

October 23, 2015

Patrol

Video: Albuquerque Officer Critically Wounded in Traffic Stop Shooting, Suspect in Custody

Albuquerque police say an officer who was shot near a Walgreens store in the southeast side of the city Wednesday night is in critical, but stable, condition.

October 22, 2015

Patrol

Albuquerque Police Face Officer Shortage

Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden says he expects the police department’s ranks to shrink for another year or so, even though the size and number of police academy classes have increased.

October 19, 2015

Weapons

Video: Demonstrators Protest NRA Police Shooting Championship in Albuquerque

More than 50 people showed up. Many of the protestors dressed in black, representing local people killed by APD in recent years.

September 21, 2015

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New Mexico Officers Plead Not Guilty to Murder in Shooting

An Albuquerque police officer and retired detective who killed a homeless man last year pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder charges stemming from the on-duty shooting death that unfolded after a standoff.

September 11, 2015

Special Units

Video: After 8-Hour Standoff Albuquerque SWAT Captures Carjacking Suspects

Albuquerque police took two carjacking suspects into custody after a chase and SWAT standoff that lasted more than eight hours at a tire shop near Louisiana Boulevard and Zuni Road SE Wednesday.

July 30, 2015

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Video: Albuquerque Officers to Face 2nd-Degree Murder Charges

An Albuquerque Police Department officer and a former officer will no longer face first-degree murder charges. The special prosecutor appointed to handle the shooting death of James Boyd has re-filed charges against the police officers who killed the homeless camper.

June 22, 2015

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Video: Albuquerque PD Officer Saves Baby with CPR

Lapel video released by the Albuquerque Police Department shows an officer resuscitating an unconscious 7-month-old baby.

June 11, 2015

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New Mexico Officer Shot and Killed, Suspect in Custody

A Rio Rancho, N.M., police officer died at the hospital after being shot late Monday night. Police are still searching for a suspect.

May 26, 2015

Patrol

Video: Florida Man, Missing Niece Found Dead in New Mexico at End of Two-State Chase

During the chase, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Department told KRQE News 13 the suspects fired at deputies in pursuit. After several hours the chase ended after the suspects crashed their vehicle on a dead-end road.

May 14, 2015

Patrol

Man Wanted for 1971 Cop Killing Says He Wants to Return from Cuba

The 1971 shooting in which Hill is accused occurred during a traffic stop on a stretch of Interstate 40 west of Albuquerque known as Nine Mile Hill on Nov. 8. Hill and his two accomplices – Michael Finney and Ralph Goodwin (both now deceased) – belonged to a black militant separatist group known as Republic of New Afrika. They were headed east from California with a car loaded with weapons for the movement.

April 10, 2015

Patrol

Man Uses 13-Year-Old Son as Getaway Driver

Police say an Albuquerque man opened fire at a customer he argued with at a gas station and then used his 13-year-old son as a getaway driver.

April 6, 2015