THIS HAPPENING AS APD CONSIDER SOME CHANGES TO THE DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO A RECORD NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS INVOLVING OFFICERS LAST YEAR. ANCHOR SASHA LENNINGER IS LIVE FOR US AT APD HEADQUARTERS. AND SARA, WHAT ARE THESE POSSIBLE CHANGES? DARLENE, THE DEPARTMENT NOW CONSIDERING SEVEN CHANGES AFTER 18 SHOOTINGS IN 2022 INVOLVING ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS. AND AFTER REVIEWING EACH SHOOTING, THE DEPARTMENT’S AWESOME TRENDS THAT THEY DO NOW WANT TO FIX DOWN. SO REALLY, WHEN I PUT IT DOWN, IT’S A SITUATION ALBUQUERQUE OFFICERS FOUND THEMSELVES IN 18 TIMES IN 2022. THEY WANT OUT TO DO THIS, PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. HEY, YOU TAKE ONE STEP. HAVING TO FIRE THEIR WEAPON. IT’S SOMETHING, CHIEF. HAROLD MEDINA HAS EXPERIENCED ONCE IN HIS 28 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE OFFICER IS ARE AFFECTED ALSO THAT IT WILL LEAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR MIND AND IN THEIR HEART FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. AFTER REVIEWING EACH SHOOTING, THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE ARE SOME TRENDS. ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTINGS HAVE SIX OR LESS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. EIGHT OF THE SHOOTINGS INVOLVE SOMEONE SHOOTING AT OFFICERS AND A THIRD OF THE SUSPECTS HAVE A HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH. SIX OF THEM HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN A HAD A HISTORY OF CRISIS INTERVENTION, BUT THREE OF THEM WERE ONLY KNOWN BY OFFICERS. SO THAT’S A BIG DIFFERENCE OF WHAT THE WHAT THE OFFICERS ACTUALLY KNOW AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. APD NOW MAKING SOME CHANGES, INCLUDING MORE HANDS ON TRAINING, INCREASED SUPERVISION, MORE MENTORSHIP, ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR OFFICERS LIKE& BALLISTIC SHIELDS OR A MAGNIFYING OPTIC FOR THE RIFLES, POLICIES FOR CLEARING SCENES, INCREASED CONSIDERATION FOR USING LESS LETHAL OPTIONS AND WOUND CARE. WE DID IDENTIFY THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ISSUES WHERE OFFICERS REALLY DID NEED TO RENDER AID SOONER THAN THEY DID OR AT ALL. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE THAT DURING TRAINING. THE CHIEF SAYS THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD. WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR SOME DAY WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LEAVES THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE’RE GOING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH TRENDS AND SITUATIONS, DEESCALATE. AND AS A TACTIC OFFICERS USE TO TRY AND CALM A SITUATION IN THOSE 18 SHOOTINGS, DE-ESCALATION WAS USED THREE TIMES. APD SAYS. AND 13 OF THOSE DE-ESCALATION WAS NOT FEASIBLE. AND IN TWO SHOOTINGS, DE-ESCALATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. BUT IT WAS NOT. APD SAYS THESE NEW TRAININGS CAN ROLL OUT AS SOON AS APRIL. BACK TO YOU. SASHA, THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN A YEARLY OVERVIEW ON ALL SHOOT