The Latest on reaction in New Mexico to the shootings in Dallas (all times local):
3:20 p.m.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she's heartbroken over the violence in downtown Dallas.
In a statement issued Friday in response to the shooting deaths of five officers following a protest in Dallas, the governor says she called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to offer her condolences. She told him that New Mexicans are praying for officers in Dallas, their families and law enforcement officials around the country.
The shootings also spurred a statement from APD Forward, a coalition of community groups that has been monitoring the implementation of police reforms in New Mexico's largest city.
The coalition says all the violence around the country this week should help ongoing efforts in Albuquerque to reform the police department. APD Forward member Jenny Metzler says the groups are looking for ways to "heal the divide between police and impacted communities."
2:30 p.m.
The police chief in New Mexico's largest city says officers and emergency dispatchers are on high alert in the wake of the shootings in Dallas and have been warned by federal officials about continued threats via social media against officers nationwide.
Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden and Mayor Richard Berry held a news conference Friday to provide more information about the directive issued to the city's officers in response to the killings of five Dallas officers and the wounding of seven others during a protest Thursday over fatal police shootings of black men in other states.
Eden says the plan involves a buddy system for officers.
For at least the next few days, dispatchers will send two officers to all calls for service to ensure their safety.
Eden and Berry pointed to problems across the country, including policing problems, saying Albuquerque has been working hard to implement unprecedented changes as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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8:02 a.m.
Albuquerque police are responding to the Dallas shootings of police officers.
The Albuquerque Police Department issued a directive to officers Thursday night in response to the killings of five Dallas officers and the wounding of seven others during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states.
Officer Tanner Tixier says the directive was issued in an attempt to keep officers as safe as possible.
Tixier wouldn't disclose the specifics of the directive, but he says officers were told of the bloodshed and that it includes making unspecified "adjustments."
Albuquerque police face public scrutiny for a high rate of shootings by police between 2010 and 2014.
A court-appointed monitor is tracking implementation of changes mandated in a settlement between Albuquerque police and the U.S. Department of Justice.
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