ABQ neighborhood watch hires off duty police

Some neighborhood associations in Albuquerque are paying off-duty police officers to patrol their neighborhoods to prevent property crime. 

Onate Neighborhood Association in the Northeast Heights is just one of these associations. Stan Hafenfeld is the president for the Onate Neighborhood Association and he says the over $200 they pay a month to the city is well spent. 

The police officers volunteer for the extra money, but they can only volunteer for up to 20 hours a month of off-duty police overtime. When a neighborhood association or commercial business requests the service, they pay a fee to the city, which is used to pay the officers invovled. 

ABQ neighborhood watch hires off duty police