Former APD officer named in scheme now trains DWI officers for state of New Mexico

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – One of the latest Albuquerque police officers implicated in the DWI scheme is now in charge of training officers across the state on how to recognize drugged and drunk driving.

Timothy McCarson retired from the Albuquerque Police Department in 2022. Last week, the feds asked that he be added to the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office ‘s Giglio list, which classifies potential court testimony as unreliable.

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Tuesday, KRQE learned McCarson runs consulting firm, BRV Consulting, which holds a contract with the state to provide specific training to specialty officers, including members of DWI units.

We obtained his firm’s contract awarded by the New Mexico Department of Transportation in September 2024. It shows McCarson’s firm was set to receive $294,000 each year for the next four years—through fiscal year 2028. The total contract amounts to $1,176,000, which NMDOT said comes from federal funding…

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