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Albuquerque Police Accused Of Editing Video Footage

A City Council member is calling for the city lawyer to arrange for an independent investigation into allegations that Albuquerque police officials erased, altered or corrupted video recordings from officers' lapel cameras.

Pat Davis' letter to city attorney Jessica Hernandez on Tuesday requests that she appoint outside counsel to investigate the allegations because her office faces potential accusations of having conflict of interest. The city attorney defends civil cases against the Albuquerque Police Department.

Davis' letter follows a City Council meeting Monday in which Chief Gorden Eden and Hernandez told council members they launched an investigation into the matter after a former police records custodian said in an affidavit that the department trained certain police units and command staff to edit videos of interactions with civilians since 2013.

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