Mayor Berry Raising the Bar at APD Academy

Richard Berry

KRQE — Mayor Richard J. Berry on Thursday announced big changes at the Albuquerque Police Department academy including a return to tougher standards for would-be officers.
Cadets coming in with the 108th class will have need to have at least 60 hours of college credit or three years of military service. In addition, the Mayor will do a nationwide search to find a citizen director for the police academy.
The education and military service requirements were instituted in 1994 but dropped five years later in an effort to fill the ranks of the police force. "We're bringing in people who've shown they have the ability and the inclination to move themselves forward but that also have the propensity to be life-long learners," Berry said and a news conference. "We think that one of the good consequences of that is that they will also bring that attitude into the department." Read full story here: News New Mexico

Mayor Berry Raising the Bar at APD Academy