APD OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN IN ALBUQUERQUE ... AT LEAST FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. MAYOR RICHARD BERRY TELLS OUR MEDIA PARTNER, EYEWITNESS NEWS 4, THAT HE'S PLEASED NO OFFICER HAS FOUND HIM OR HERSELF IN A POSITION TO WHERE DEADLY FORCED WAS NEEDED. BERRY ATTRIBUTES THE DROP IN SUCH SHOOTINGS TO THE LAPEL CAMERAS OFFICERS NOW WEAR ... A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO TRAINING ... AND NEARLY 60 VARIOUS PROCEDURE AND POLICY CHANGES.

THERE'S ALSO THE U-S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY INTO APD'S 25 OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS FROM 2009 THROUGH 2011. SEVENTEEN OF THOSE WERE FATAL SHOOTINGS. THE NEXT D-O-J PUBLIC MEETING IS MONDAY, MARCH 4TH, FROM 4:30 TO 6:30 PM AT THE BARELAS COMMUNITY CENTER.