The Albuquerque Police Department will start increasing its presence Downtown this summer with specialty units, including horse mounted, tactical and traffic officers and those who are assigned to the Targeted Enforcement Active Monitoring (TEAMS) overtime program.
According to APD, at the beginning of summer, they noticed an increase in people gathering Downtown. Officers since then have made arrests, split up fights, seized drugs and confiscated weapons.
Police Chief Harold Medina said there’s zero tolerance when it comes to people causing unnecessary disruptions or creating unsafe conditions.
“Increasing the number of officers, and supplementing with specialty units will ensure we have enough resources in the area to address incidents,” Medina said.
The police department’s Downtown unit has 10 full-time officers. APD said the officers assigned to TEAMS will patrol the Downtown corridor and conduct proactive monitoring while Downtown officers and specialty units respond to calls.
Read more about policing Downtown here.
The effort to increase police presence Downtown will last through the summer.
“We want people to be able to come and enjoy Downtown, but we want everyone to remain safe,” Medina said.
