A team of independent monitors tasked with tracking reform within the Albuquerque Police Department says some changes to use-of-force policies are underway six months into a court-ordered overhaul of the beleaguered police department.
James Ginger, the court-appointed monitor of a consent decree between Albuquerque police and the Justice Department, and members of his monitoring team took questions Thursday night during the second in a series of community meetings hosted by the city and U.S. Attorney's office.
About 200 people packed a hotel conference room to learn more about the agreement stemming from a DOJ investigation that found a troubling pattern of excessive force by APD.
Ginger faced criticism from the crowd during much of Thursday's meeting, with shouts that the entire court-mandated reform process has been intransparent, and that his responses to public questions and comment were vague.
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