ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One after another, Albuquerque police officers have decided to give up their badge rather than be interviewed by internal affairs. All of this is happening during a federal and internal investigation into what KRQE News 13 has learned involves accusations about officers getting paid to get DWI cases dismissed.
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KRQE Investigates sat down with APD Chief Harold Medina to ask how officers will be held accountable if they keep walking away. It’s been two months since Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina announced his department launched an internal investigation into its own DWI officers.