Saturday, July 12, 2014

APD From Afar

We are visiting friends in Montana and we were looking at some New Mexico websites together and found out that APD is buying 350 new assault rifles.  Our friends who follow things closely in ABQ said they thought this was a flip off to the citizens from the old time culture at APD.  Essentially, they are saying nothing has changed here and there is nothing you can do about it. They may be right, or it just might be one more indication of the sheer incompetence of the leadership of APD.  Given everything that is going on, was now a good time to be buying these military weapons?  Are they listening at all to their new PR person?  Or was Janet Blair blindsided by this as well?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

After the child molester report on KRQE last month you can't give Janet Blair credit for anything. Her advice to Eden when the child molester report came was to say nothing and let it blow over. That is not transparency, that is spin control. The citizens are tired of Berry smoothies (spin).

As for the AR 15 how about revisiting Christopher Chase in October 2013. 4 police officers shot because they were out gunned by one man. Let's look at the recent killings in Canada. 3 police officers killed because all they had were pistols and the guy who attacked them had assault rifles.

The purchase of the assault rifles is necessary, Eden could explain this but has so far hid behind Janet Blair and she is NOT doing the city or APD a service. So since Eden and Blair won't speak to the public about this those of us who have been there need to. Crooks are using these assault rifles and if we want to protect our police officers we should provide them the equipment they need.

I if your friends in Montana ask, I will bet their County Sheriff, state police and city police (does Montana have cities?) all carry AR 15s.

Latina from Nuevo Mexico said...

the local PBS program did an outstanding job covering the Mary Han incident. The links are here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRAAw3pd0s

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=polNeYQU24A


People are finally waking up.

Anonymous said...

Everything APD has done since Eden brags that THEY DON'T CARE CAUSE DOJ WON'T "GET" THEM. Thumbed nose, sothe real question is- Why?

Anonymous said...

Your friends are right; the proof was moving Eden to APD. Everything since is predictable.

Anonymous said...

Getting rid of the old shotguns and going to the AR 15 is a smart move for any police department. The problem with APD is their command staff is to scared to explain this to the public and Janet Blair is too busy trying to spin everything.

They need to just be honest with the public. Christopher Chase wounded 4 officers last year. He had an assault rifle and the police officers were outgunned. Canada just had 3 officers murdered by a man with an assault rifle. The Canadian cops only had pistols.

Do we care about our police officers or not? Don't cloud the horrible management of APD and Albuquerque by complaining about equipping our officers with tools that will save them and us. This is the world we live in.

Anonymous said...

It should obvious that Janet was hired by Mr. Perry to use her connections within the local MSM to spin them APD's way. The longer she attempts to paint lipstick on the pig that APD and this city administration has become, the greater the damage to what ever legacy Janet has as a seasoned reporter in this state.
Go back into retirement Janet, increasing your pension benefits simply isn't worth trading what little integerity you have remains.

Jim Baca said...

Stupid timing.

Anonymous said...

Yes Jim they have been listening to Janet Blair. She is playing media spin games and the public is sick of it. Blair hasn't been blindsided, she has been trying to cover for these incomptents instead of being truthful with the public. Just look at the child molester story. Blair needs to go back into retirement. All a media person needs to know is to tell the truth. Nothing more.

Anonymous said...

Notice how Eden no longer does press conferences and has subordinates do them for him? Just like Berry! Both way over their heads and drawing salaries while Rob Perry runs the city into the ground.

Anonymous said...

Janet Blair blindsided? Come on Jim she knows what is going on. She is helping to cover up stuff at APD. That is why Berry hired her.