Neighborhood Watch Update:  The minimum 50% of the homes on the block being represented or in attendance requirement for Neighborhood Watches being formed through the Albuquerque Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit has been removed.  For those who may have wanted to form an APD-Crime Prevention recognized Neighborhood Watch group in...

Web Site Information/Update:  The APD Area Command web site emails to subscribers are not being emailed on a daily basis as they have been in the past, up until or around the last part of 2017.  Thank you to those who contacted me about this issue.  Unfortunately, the APD Area...

New Foothills Neighborhood Watch Group!  Thanks to the residents on the 9700-9900 block of Chapala Drive NE for forming a Neighborhood Watch.  Special thanks go out to Allison U. for organizing and hosting the facilitation meeting and to Anna R. for volunteering to serve as the group’s point of contact...

$21,000 + Haul in 24 Hours Worth of Crime:  Yesterday one area of the Foothills had multiple auto burglaries and the damage was significant.  Items left inside unattended vehicles totaled up to over $21,000 easily.  Callers reported that vehicles were entered by breaking windows or merely opening the unlocked door. ...

Public Safety and Consumer Protection Fair in the Foothills Area Command tomorrow, Tuesday, April 3rd from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Manzano Mesa Multi-Generational Center at 501 Elizabeth St SE.  There will be several agencies and assistance organizations at the fair to provide information on public safety and consumer...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Mayor Tim Keller are hosting a public safety and consumer protection fair next week in the Foothills Area Command.  The fair will have several agencies and community group representatives to provide you with great resources for yourself and to bring back to your community groups,...

Neighbors:  Your calls about suspicious activity on the block are helping your community.  Here are a few examples of suspicious behavior that you should call 242-COPS (2677) or 911 if you see occurring in your neighborhood (call from a place where you are safe):  two strangers leaving the neighbor’s house...

Snowball crimes:  I call multiple crimes committed that started with one crime “snowball crimes.”  We had a “snowball crime” flurry yesterday in the Foothills Area Command that started with a gym locker being broken into (broke the lock on the locker).  Items were stolen from the locker that led to...

Trending Tuesday:  APD’s Crime Analysis Unit reports that for the past seven day period of 3/19 – 3/25 APD took 161 auto burglary reports (city-wide).  Of the six APD Area Commands, the Foothills Area Command logged 22 auto burglaries reported, which put us a bit below the mid-range for auto...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Mayor Tim Keller are hosting a Public Safety & Consumer Protection Fair on Tuesday, April 3rd from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center (501 Elizabeth SE).  At 5:30 p.m. there will be a presentation on “Tax Fraud and Identity Theft Prevention”...