A new APD team is collecting video evidence, saving crucial time for detectives as they investigate crimes. The initiative is helping detectives take advantage of the growing number people who have surveillance video for security for their homes and businesses. The Digital Image and Video Recovery Team (DIVRT) has received 400 requests for video evidence since the January launch of the program. “Most home and business owners want to help us with video evidence,” said APD Deputy Chief Art Gonzale

Sworn Public Information Officer Daren Deaguero tells us that officers in the Southwest Area Command are currently investigating a vehicle versus pedestrian crash that occurred on 98th Street near Central. The crash involved an Albuquerque Police Department police unit. The female victim was swiftly transported to a local area hospital and is presently listed in critical but stable condition. We observed investigators focusing on the police unit and nearby were clothes of the female victim. Cons