Many of our readers have been buzzing about a transfer of former APOA President Lawrence Torres from the HR department back to APD. We've had our Eyes do a little digging and all of the rumors have been confirmed. On November 4th Lawrence Torres became a member of the Albuquerque Police Department... again.
Torres took a job in the Human Resources department about 3 1/2 years ago after serving as APOA President. According to our Eyes, his new (now old) job as Employee Relations Director was viewed as a reward for working with The Almighty Alcalde on union issues while serving as the APOA President.
The Eyes have it that Mayor-Elect Berry has been told expect a greater than $30 MILLION budget shortfall next year - despite Chavez administration claims of $12 MILLION. Torres' HR position was unclassified and with a looming deficit and a salary of over $82,000 a year... his job was certainly on the chopping block.
The problem for the Berry team is that Torres managed to take his $82,000 a year salary with him even though he's classified as a Patrolman 1st Class. P1Cs typically make between $48,000 and $51,000 a year.
There's yet another problem for the newly acquired patrolman, he may have let his state certification lapse. Our Eyes tell us that there has been some scrambling by The 5th Floor to make sure that Torres is still certified. They question whether or not Torres kept up his certification after his departure and note that his file down at the training academy suddenly grew after a hasty visit from Deputy Chief McCabe.
Torres isn't the first of Marty's Minions to be transferred from an unclassified position to a classified one and the Berry team is busy compiling a list of folks like Torres who have gotten special deals from the departing Alcalde. Some of these golden parachutes are going to be extremely hard to find and even harder to do anything about.
The Torres Transfer doesn't appear to be one of them even though Chief Schultz signed off on the transfer. Compensation for P1Cs is covered under the collective bargaining agreement and our Eyes tell us that sending Torres $82,000 salary with him is illegal.
Torres started his career as a member of the APOA. He left the union for the greener pastures of the Chavez administration - a move many members viewed with contempt. Now he's back in the union complete with an $82,000 a year parachute. Welcome back Lawrence!
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This is not fair. Mr. Torres ( I will never call him officer) applied to APD numerous times and was never hired. While he was working under the mayors desk, he never kept up with his reserve status. Where were his monthly required ride alongs. We CAN NOT stand for this. Come on APD, lets turn this place around!
Lawrence never was a cop. DO YOU HERE ME LAWRENCE! He got a job that he had absolutely no qualifications for as payback for helping merge open space with APD for the sole purpose of jacking up APD manpower numbers. He screwed us as APOA pres, and as HR asskisser. He covered for many of Marty's criminal activities, and they will soon be exposed.
Lawrence, for the good of APD, find a job elsewhere. You will never be trusted.
Here is an idea:
No confidence on Chief
No confidence on Calloway
No confidence on Joey
every single one of them has stabbed us in the back and has lied to us.
We dont let the crapheads dictacte us, why let the crapheads of the 5th floor and APOA dictate us?
Thanks Ray for just kicking hard working officers in the nuts one more time. You're fouls are more flagrant than the UNM soccer player, not to mention they are committed against your own officers. Judas or Brutus were not as bad as you! Ray, Lawrence and Marty have had their day, made more money than they deserved, screwed things up and ran APD into the ground. Time for them to get run out of town.
In conclusion,
Lawrence is a POS.
Ray Schultz is a POS.
Marty is a POS.
Lawrence worked in City Security first then went to Open space. Lawrence was not a good employee even then. We need an outside agency to look into Deputy Chief McCabe!!!
I will not state who I am, but I promise you I have been reporting every single abuse that I uncover to the people that need to know.
Classifications, salary changes, gifts of positions...I see them all and I am physically sick over them. Not just APD, but City-wide.
I will continue to be vigilant. Not only for the good of the City of Albuquerque, but so I can sleep in peace at night knowing I spoke up.
Oh please, nobody cares what you report. They are all politicians. Wake up people.
AFD did the same thing with their Union President who makes the same as Torrez. Mayor Chavez really took care of all those Union Presidents that screwed over their memberships. Talk about corrupt POS! these guys are as dirty as they come. Thank god that crock Maryt Chavez is gone also. I can't wait to stop him for speeding or DWI. He does both very regularly.
These people are all dirt bags!
WOW!!!! That's a pretty good deal
you have got to be shitting me???
They put him at the Academy so he can teach new cadets how to get ahead in life by screwing over others.
I think I am going to stop reading this crap.
You are all a bunch of whiners and cry babies.
Step up somewhere. Make a stink in person.
Then maybe I'll start listening to you again.
Ok dark crusader.."I will report, I will be vigilant"...blah blah..youre a pussy..and you dont have the smarts or drive to get ahead on our own so you look after the faults of others...again you are whats wrong with apd..youre the guy arresting RRPD veterans then spewing it on the media like a badge of honor..you are why we dont look out for each other and choose to spit on each other...
Please explain how Lawrence screwed everyone over. Why the hate and discontent? I keep hearing the same oll crap yet no one can explain how he screwed over so many people? Anyone? Anyone?
I made a stink. They didn't listen. I left. I'm happy.
The Governor, the Mayor all the elected officals laugh in your face and keep doing the samething. Richardson, Chavez, Aragon, Block,Montoya, King, Lujan.
And the people in this state keep re-electing them and their sons, their daughters, and their brothers, and their wifes. They all get into office and keep the same old game plan going.
ARE THE PEOPLE IN NM STUPID? WHAT GIVES?
Hey wait a second..Just think about it....They wanna pay this so called POS 82 grand a year for being a 34....Well guess your new contract will have a great starting point the rest of you...They the city sets this type of precedent...There is no way in hell they can ever win a law suit that will come... YOU ALL WILL HAVE IT MADE!!!!!!
Great comment above!
I'm an Lt. Do I now get Commander's pay?
Thanks for the pay increase for all of us Lawrence.
Eveyone, go get lawyered up and put in for the increase the rest of us deserve as well.
Oh thanks Ray and Ed Adams for approving that for Lawrence.
What a F _ _ king can of worms you guys have opened.
He knows how he sold the cops down the river for his 82 k job.
He never could get hired by APD. He sold out so that he could wear the uniform without being hired. Same situation for several open space officers. Remember when their lieutenant used a department shotgun during a 10-15? Castro made sure that it never saw the light of day!
"Please explain how Lawrence screwed everyone over. Why the hate and discontent? I keep hearing the same oll crap yet no one can explain how he screwed over so many people? Anyone? Anyone?"
Look at the percentage payraises he got open space and Aviation (he worked at Aviation) as compared to APD. We got nothing, and those guys got raised from $10 an hour to our pay. Now I am not knocking them, but Open Space and Aviation Police do not take on the same risk as regular APD officers. Many of them were rejected by APD (Torres is one). He got it that they are now all under our contract. He did good for himself and sold the rest of us down the river.
To those who talk about how the chief has lied and the deputy chiefs have lied or done this or that. Ask youself this question, do you yourself have personal knowledge of the comlaint? Did you hear with your own ears the chief lie or throw someone under the bus? If you base your allegations on what you have heard from other people that have heard you are far misplaced. We all know how any institution with many employees can gossip and rumors can fly with are for the most part untrue. I applaud those of you for having an opinion however, make sure you base your opinion and your facts off of what you KNOW to be true. Not what you have HEARD to be true. Otherwise you are simply IGNORANT!!!!!
show me the money!!!
WE ALL CAN THANK FORMER MAYOR CHAVEZ AND SCHULTZ FOR TAKING ON THE OPEN SPACE OFFICERS TO MEET THEIR POLITICAL NEEDS. LAWRENCE ISNT THE ONLY ONE, DONT FOR DUANE CLARK AT THE ACADEMY. WHAT IS HE DOING TEACHING APD CADETS AND HE HASNT BEEN THROUGH A APD ACADEMY. I WOULD RATHER HAVE A RE-HIRE IN THAT POSITION THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER WALKED THE WALK. WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING OUR OWN AND I DONT CARE WHAT CLIQUE CLARK IS IN HE NEEDS TO BE OUT WITH TORRES AND SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME WAY
"To those who talk about how the chief has lied and the deputy chiefs have lied or done this or that. Ask youself this question, do you yourself have personal knowledge of the comlaint?"
...what is known about Mr. Torres and the behavior of the CAO, Chief of Police, and HR Director....
City Rules & Regs..section 702.5-Classified Employees Who Accept Unclassified Positions
"Employees who have held a classified permanent position with the City for more than ten (10) consecutive years prior to serving in an unclassified position will be allowed to return to a vacant classified permanent position. The Chief Administrative Officer will determine the specific position to which the employee will be returned. Human Resources will present such offer to the employee. The employee's salary shall be commensurate with the education and experience requirements of the position and within the pay range of the respective position into which they are placed."
...within the pay range of the respective position into which they are placed. This did not happen, the CAO disregarded the rules and neither the HR Director nor the Chief of the Police called him on it.
This is known, factual, documented, and public information. So everyone knows this, it wasn't just heard rom someone else.
Does that satisfy your question??
Nothing will change with this department. Ray Schultz will continue to be a spineless piece of shit along with all his worthless so called leaders. Ray Schultz sold his soul for the almighty dollar. He has no INTEGRITY. I don’t know about you but my integrity defines me as a man. It’s a Damm shame we can’t put our name to these remarks because we all know how this department is run. It’s run by intimidation and retaliation.
The chief has lied. He has fired some officers before they were even charged with a crime, while pending an investigation while others have been charged and still kept their jobs. And when the criminal charges were over with those officers were cleared. Kirby, Tim Chavez and Camacho. Where's the due process. Crap happens to all of us and it could happen to you.
What a bunch of whiners! I am a taxpaying citizen and USMC retired. I enjoy reading this blog on occassion and I see the Police Department and it's officers can't seem to get along and do nothing here but complain about eachother! I always thought police officers were united as a brotherhood but from what I have read here nothing is further from the truth. APD, Aviation, Open Space who really cares what academy you went to as long as you can do the job. I guess some folks never got past the high school mentality of my school is better than yours crap. My taxes go to you all to do a job...do it and quit your bitching. Shit you could be in Iraq with the rest of our boys getting shot at in the desert and without a shower for weeks. You all are pathetic. Be men or find another line of work where you can be a mediocre pansy. If not suck it up...your command staff is there to call the shots not you. That's why the police departments and fire departments are referred to as para-military organizations.
Re: para-military organizations
Not if you study for the Sgt's or Lt's test at APD. The material talks about the autonomy to make decisions at low levels to solve problems via community oriented policing. The "Progressive Movement" of policing if you will. Hold on while I vomit... There. The 5th floor talks out of both sides of their mouth. They spew rhetoric because it sounds politically correct, but retain the chain of command and para-military order as the means to insulate themselve from the lowly, common officers. Only a few administrators are bold enough to face their subordinates and not hide behind their underlings running about kissing their ass to get promoted. Only those who are clueless or politically and selfishly motivated need officers to blindly follow every order without question. Hey, I may even start my own leadership school. Oh heck, the only people I'd take would be officers, and they know this already! Advice is wasted on those who need it but won't listen.
Ok: to Conrad above, and you never made it into the military cuz you quit, just like you quit the US Marshall position, rrrrright. They dropped you like a hotcake as soon as they found out you could not get a secret clearance! What makes you think you will be able to as Sheriff or Chief of Police? You might want to suck more at APD cuz thats where you will be staying. No one in their right mind would appoint to you to any job! Wait til the stuff comes out about all your seedy interactions with the ladies, still want to go? The women are lined up to drop the bomb at the right time. Its coming...
Dam! that's enough to ruin a political career that looks like it may never start.
Lawerence Torrez was a waste at Open Space and will be a waste and traitor when he returns to APD. I hope the Berry camp works to get this guy to the pay level he should be at, 45k. It's not fair to rest that would not cut a deal with Marty Chavez and sell their fellow officers down the road.
It better not be the same shit! First, to the blogger that put Berry is the same... well, give Berry a chance! Berry will officially take office on December 1st. That means, Chavez b.s. is still out there! So, don't give out on hope for change! Here is what you do:
First: google the Albuquerque website and email the Berry Transition team. The email address is on the upper left hand corner under: Berry Tranisition team email. Second, email Berry Transition team the Eye's Polls regarding corruption and replacing the Chief of Police. Third, I don't know what your position is. For example, if your really working for Marty Chavez, then your a piece of shi.... Fourth, if your not working for Martin Chavez, then do give Berry a chance to make change. Fifth, if your opinion or how your being treated is that awful, then google Saturday Night Live sketch submission and give an idea for sketch. That's healthy living! Get what it is off your chest and don't be passive aggressive! Make your sketch funny. Imagine how the Chief of Police would look being busted in a brothel having high red shoes on! Ha! Give the Berry Transistion team the Eye Poll results of more than 78% in favor of Berry appointing a new Police Chief! Sheriff White might be friends with Chief Schultz, but too much corruption has taken place under Schultz by APD both Civilian APD and sworn APD Officers for Berry to ignore!
Please read the following temporary domestic restraining order that Darren White filed against his wife, Jennifer. Pl.S. Chief Scultz shame on your lousy abilty because Jennifer White didn't do a damn thing except catch Darren cheating with an APS School Teacher!
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Weiner shouldn't be a County Commissioner because he is not a man, but a pu...... that threatens women! Neither should Darren be in City government because of his restraining order against his former wife when his former wife caught him cheating@!
Mayor Marty Chavez, have you noticed all your friends left you and are now trying to work their way into Mayor Berry's Camp.
Lifes a bitch at the bottom Bi-ach. Enjoy your stay. You're done!
How can Sheriff White have any credibility when he hangs out with the likes of former DC Ed Sauer, the biggest womanizer around. Sauer is just a corrupt slezze bag. How could White associate with a guy like this. The DC should have been indicted and would have if Nick Bakas, Sauers best friend would not have protected him. This group that hangs out at Copo's is run By Dan Morning, They're just out of control. I think they will be worse that the Chavez team. Oh, remember, Dan Morning was part of the Marty team, now Berry team. What a turn coat.
I would be very careful with this group Mayor Berry. Anyone that is as close to Nick Bakas as these guys are is nothing but trouble.
The snakes are certainly slithering around the Berry office trying to justify why they should stay put. They were all out there campaigning for Marty, now they want a piece of Berry's victory pie. Blanca still has Marty's campign sign she used on the street corners in her garage. I say srew them all.
They will only be loyal to Marty as it is their hope he comes back in four years, which he will. Unclassifieds gone. Fill those positions with people that were and will be loyal to you throughout your campaign and the next four years.
i dont know why everyone talking about a cop having a affair and why that is so bad. that is what gets you promoted and that is what gets you protection from any investigatations. its expected from apd and makes you the man.
Why is Torres still wandering City Hall in a suit? Thought he was a cop now, albeit a Mon-Fri 8-5 Cop.
He's looking for his balls. Anyone seen them? Anyone? (Bueller?) Oh wait, he never had any.
hahahahahaha a city employee working 8 to 5???where??? maybe 830ish till 420ish w/ two hours worth of smoke breaks & lunch in between.
AMEN to the above!
Just came across this post a year and half late, but better late than never. What make any of you think for a moment that anybody would want to voluntarily be merged into your POS department? Torres aside, this was the worst possible move for Open Space as well as APD. It made OS look like a bunch of Marty Chavez political lap dogs when in actuality, they hated it as much as APD hated it. Don't you people have someone innocent citizen to taze or something? Get 10-8. Go earn your retirement.
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