STOP BLAMING THE DOJ FOR THE DISGRACE THIS PLACE IS. PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS.

There is a trend of blaming the DOJ for what some say “having their boot on APD’s neck.” This is nothing but bullshit from people with short memories, and a warped sense of reality of what the real reason is of why things have gotten out of control in the city of Albuquerque.

Over the next couple weeks we will be doing a coming to Jesus series of posts relating to refreshing everyone’s memories about what set Albuquerque in motion down the slope of tragedy it has gone and who is responsible, buy why it won’t end. The only people that are solely to blame are the people who were in leadership roles, and some who are still in leadership roles, along with the past and present city administration. Their slime bag schemes of taking care of their buddies, and fucking over anyone in their way caused all of this. And yes we do mean quite a few officers who partook too.

This started a decade ago under former coward police chief Raymond D. Schultz, his infrastructure of mob attorneys, a filthy mayor who joined his gang, and an ingrained culture of corruption that was founded in cronyism, unfairness, criminal behavior, dishonor, and terrorism. 

You may ask us why we are rehashing old news, as you say. The reason why is because everyone here either does not pay attention, or they have very poor memories. This needs to be done because it is happening all over again, with a new wave of the same clowns who came from the sane molds with the same ideology.

This needs to come out because the next Mayoral election needs to be dominated by a leader who will eradicate the unfairness and treachery that has plagued this city; one who will not blame everyone else, or fear doing what is right, regardless of how it appears or affects their political standing within a group or political party of self promoting parasites. 

Ten years ago, while Shultz and his gang of cowards were sweating it out over the DOJ coming, they started a “stains on the badge” campaign of disinformation and lies against dozens of officers while lying in the other direction to cover for several officers and command personnel where true evidence actually pointed to their guilt. They did this to deflect attention from themselves and the truth getting out about them by using lies the perpetrated on their scapegoats. One tiny example was when former deputy chief (side piece at the Taser Stingaree Nightclub event mister want some black in ya?) threatened a police officer witness who testified against him at the Mary Han civil case, where he Lied. He should have been arrested for perjury and witness intimidation, but again like all of the others, he wasn’t. He is now the Round Rock Police Department Police Chief. You can find the facts surrounding all of that here on this blog.

The core group of scum bags at the time were worried about getting nailed for several allegations stemming from illegal contracts, and pay to play schemes, to being involved in prostitution rings, and coverups, and eventually the possible murder of a prominent Albuquerque Attorney, Mary Han. 

From evidence room scandals, to the west mesa killings, botched murder investigations, framing people for things they did not do, burning ears off with Tasers, cases where murder suspects got off, or were freed, because they were wrongfully charged by the same incompetent investigators, to unjustified shootings... poor leadership, that in turn caused a poor training atmosphere, lack of trust, and the retention and protection provided to disgraceful, dishonorable, individuals, who were responsible, solely because they were friends, or relatives of friends connected to those in control caused all of this. The blood is on their hands, and we are going to step it out because it’s happening all over again. 

Stand by for a series of stories concerning individuals, policies, practices and a culture that has lead us to another record year of murder, and see the apathy behind the scenes that will set you off, as this administration is more concerned with image, and having fun, while your relatives get slaughtered. Hell, APD personnel can’t even be sent on business trips without making it a personal all expense paid tour and circus while citizens are back here getting murdered and there are no cops on the streets. 

Our only suggestion last election was that the injustices be addressed, and the unfairness be ended. This has not been done. That was all we were concerned with while lowlife self serving cowards within the police department and elsewhere were concerned with feathering their nests and lining themselves up for lucrative positions that have nothing to do with the greater good and everything to to with their bottom line, filling their pockets and making their lazy ass lives even easier while everyone else continues to struggle.

Keep in mind as you read the next few weeks of how officers left this department in droves back in 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 and 2016. These were not the drones, who collected checks. They were the spine of patrol out there in the field and the core of correct training. They were guys like John Corvino, who built this place, and were a fixture here. Search our blog to see what they did to him, if you need any proof that APD is famous for eating their own and ruining the lives and professions of competent assets, because someone less qualified is threatened or just needs a scapegoat, or because that person blew the whistle on their corruption. 

They did not leave because of the DOJ coming. They left because of what the Albuquerque Police Department Command staff was doing in response to the DOJ coming. It wasn’t good. Officers left the APD because they could not believe what Ray Schultz, and his mob city attorney Kathrine Levy cooked up, in order to derail a DOJ investigation. These two along with many others like Darren White, knew that if the investigation happened, their criminal activity would be detected and they had high command level meetings on how to make that not happen. 

In response, to a looming federal investigation Schultz did what most filth bag, cowardly and  corrupt government officials do; they set up the people under them for the fall. They lie and protect themselves at all costs, along with those close to them that may be valuable in saving their own ass. This is what caused all of the problems we are having today, and the proof is in the stats as crime skyrocketed, while proactive policing plummeted. Furthering the above problem are inexperienced, unqualified, and incompetent leaders, who overreact, and make up idiotic unrealistic, rules and SOPs in order to overcompensate, and of paint themselves some kind of solution that they and their cronies created. 

Nobody is going to put themselves in front of an indiscriminately firing gun, so officers shut down when they saw Schultz and the corrupt city attorneys office protecting officers in the Ellis shooting, and the incident below where an officer Tased a mental patient 10 times within two minutes. That man died. Officers knew that if they were not on the in crowd politically, they too will be used as cannon fodder, and scape goats, as in several other high profile cases where Schultz and the city attorney’s office were caught lying in. Several officers faced discipline and termination based of preponderance, and were railroaded by liars when they did nothing wrong, and did not cause a death, while several others like these were covered for, and faced no discipline at all because of who knew who. Ironic, isn’t it.

THE BIG ILLUSION

Take note of the above link because we are going to shed some light on coincidences in cases like this where the same variables pop up in reasoning for why these people were protected while others were railroaded for doing nothing. Reasons why Schultz never commented on this and who he was friends with that is related to the officer in question and how it radically different from how he went overboard lying to hang innocent officers. This all set a culture of fear and uncertainty within APD among the rank and file. 

AGAIN, LETS KEEP IN PERSPECTIVE WHY THE DOJ WAS COMING. THERE WERE SEVERAL HIGH LEVEL SCREW UPS ALONG WITH HIGH LEVEL CORRUPTION GOING ON HERE FOR YEARS. LETS ALSO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE THAT MANY MANY OFFICERS WELCOMED THE DOJ BECAUSE THEY WERE FED UP OF THE CORRUPTION, CRONYISM, UNFAIRNESS, DISPARATE DISCIPLINE, AND BACK STABBING. THEY WERE TIRED OF A REGIME OF PUNKS AND COWARDS WHO CONSTANTLY PROTECTED THEMSELVES AND THEIR CRIMINAL BUDDIES BUT SCREWED EVERYONE ELSE JUST LIKE FORMER MAJOR GONTERMAN DID WHEN HIS UNIT WAS BROKEN INTO. 

YOU CAN READ ABOUT THAT HERE...

THE DO AS WE SAY ARTICLE

The DOJ rightfully came, because the actual problems were the individuals posing as the solutions. This is going on now, just as it was, if not more so now, because Keller kept the cancer in place, and is more worried about image. He is making it worse. It didn’t take an hour of APD’s antics to make the DOJ take notice. No, it took years and many of the top brass were not always at the top as the bad shit was going on, and they rose to the top by being covered for.

People blaming the DOJ should shut the fuck up, because they do not know what they are talking about. The only thing the DOJ is guilty of is not making arrests for public corruption, and being soft on dealing with a defiant command staff. They should have indicted Schultz on public corruption charges, and they should be demanding results on the New Mexico grand jury convened on the Taser scandal, because everything going on now is residual of one individual who cowardly set things in motion to protect himself causing a collapse in the police department that resulted in an emboldened criminal element. 

Later on we will discuss Mayor Tim Keller’s actions that have enabled this crime wave to continue, and those he chose to employ, promote, protect, and hold on a pedestal that have the same values as the past administration, but act as though they too are the solution as Albuquerque continues to burn. 

We hope everyone is doing well, and we would like to give our condolences to the families of all of the crime victims. 

While Keller wants to break out the feather dusters and kid gloves to deal with the worst of the worst because that approach makes him more politically marketable, we will be looking for a new mayor who knows how to deal with violent crime on its own playing field, honorable, professionally and decisively. 

Where is Willoughby? The Chavez order, and why are criminal city attorneys still employed, after being caught lying? No Balls Judges, Sour Grapes, The Rael / Medina connection, why we are about to start in, and The Blind Leading the Blind.

Where are you boy?
It seems the bloviated mouthpiece for the Albuquerque Police Officers Association has been MIA since last week. Nobody has seen Mr. Willoughby. This is an issue, because how can you miss him?

Those down at the APOA are keeping their mouths shut. Word is, there are conflicting stories about his whereabouts. What our Eyes are wondering is about timesheet accountability, and the true reason for not being at work. Something stinks when everybody claims they do not know anything. Is Mr. Willoughby being paid for work when he is not there. Are his time sheets truthful? We will see, when Mister Willoughby surfaces for air.

It is going to be interesting to see how contract negotiations go.

Criminals in the Attorney’s Office still lying and obstructing

It seems those who were working under the previous filth bag assistant city attorney Kathryn Levy aka Virginia, who fled, along with the rest of the vermin, are carrying on with her tradition of vindictiveness, deception, conspiracy to defraud the courts, and are still blocking justice from taking it’s course. In short, they are still carrying the water of their predecessors, in order to protect them from accountability for their criminal actions. There are still people in place in the City Attorney’s office who were taught by criminals how to be mob attorney’s and they are continuing in their malfeasant and willfully criminal behavior. Below is an example of it. Below you can read where a judge calls out these dishonest creeps and cowards. Here is one of only a few judges who have the balls to call these worms out on their antics.

After reading the above documents, it is hard to believe that those responsible have not been terminated, but in a world where our own public defender’s office hires a convicted felon as a paralegal, there really is no surprise is there? Are there no attorney’s or public officials bound by ethics to take action on this?

The Albuquerque Urinal Newspaper recently did another article on officers who were allegedly harassing an individual who has spoken out about the Albuquerque Police Department, and it’s corruption problem. Below is former APD Sergeant Dan Klein’s take on the judges opinion, and frankly we concur.

The pussies elected and retained to make the hard decisions have been more than remiss in their duties. They are nutless cowards. They know exactly what they are doing. For a decade we have had police chiefs lying in press conferences, under oath, and on paper. Their underlings swore to it. Everyone else turned a blind eye, and their attorney’s covered it all up, or paid it away with your tax monies. What do you do when the last line of checks and balances turns a bling eye, or is too much of a political pussy to drop the hammer? You make sure everyone knows they are an unethical pussy who is afraid to do their job. That is what you do.

For years the biggest cowards in city government, the media, and the courts have blamed in directions that were soft targets for that blame; those who do not pose a threat to their political careers or pocket books. That, friends is cowardly... the one characteristic all of these people share. Well, they made a mistake. (Those they thought would pose no threat to their political careers or pocket books) You see, you just can not fuck with people, and think all of them are going to take it.

Self Absorbed Sour Grapes
Some of our Eyes are disappointed in the things transpiring. We are too. Some commenters who voice their displeasure are disappointed also, but they want to blame this blog. That is funny as hell. They think a blog should own something for supporting a mayoral candidate who has been a mayor for only a few months, whom they are disappointed in. Well, if that is not the typical Albuquerque behavior that got us here, and the epitome of the word PUNK. To these comments, we will consider the source, and get a good laugh or two. Our mission to deny the Berry Perry Schultz machine was accomplished. We will deal with the new problems as they come, but for the clowns who want to claim this blog needs to regain any sort of validity, you can piss off. We have exposed all of this. If you think you can do better, by all means start a blog. If we have gotten one deserved filth bag fired or helped out one case where someone was illegally steamrolled it is probably safe to say it is more than any of these crying loudmouths have done for anyone, besides themselves in a lifetime. Maybe these know it all clowns could have exposed the Santolina Clan behind getting their people elected. Maybe they would be happier if we let Colon get elected. You know, the one who works for the law firm representing disgraced and exiled former police chief Ray Schultz and who is now running for New Mexico State Auditor where he and his boy Hector Balderas can continue to help out their Boy Luis Robles who is Ray Schultz’s Attorney. So much for any of the past corruption being punished if
that happens.

Why Medina?
Everyone has been asking why Harold Medina was brought back. The answer is Rael. Chief Operating Officer for the CAO Lawrence Rael and Medina are boys. That is why he was brought back. Everyone who threw support to Mayor Keller brought self serving baggage, requests, and ultimatums for their support to the table. Every one of them said I will support you if you give me this. WE DID NOT, AND WE CAN PROVE IT.

The APOA got their little man Art Sanchez promoted, and we will be watching what Willoughby and his buddy, who is a proven liar in court... Justin “the biggest gun I ever saw” Montgomery will get out of this deal. Brian Colon got his favors, and people taken care of, even after all of the shit was thrown on Keller by his supporters, and many others are being put in places due to disgraceful political favors.

Many jackasses made fools out of themselves by attempting to predict things about this blog and why the motivation to have a say in the election. The grasp of Altruism eludes them, and that is why our city is a pit of violence, and out of control crime. It is because everyone is absorbed in what they can get for themselves, regardless of who, or what is getting trashed in that pursuit. There is no sacrifice.

The police brass, the city council, the mayors, those who keep their fucking mouths closed, knowing the wrong they are witnessing is destroying lives, those who run away, and those who enable this behavior willfully are all to blame. The word is out nationwide, and it is an embarrassment that what has transpired over the last decade has done so without one ounce of accountability or prosecution. Last month, the case where a mother’s child was killed by a police officer going 80 miles per hour to a call made the news again. Not because of the tragedy but, because the officer is suing the woman.
This made world news. There is almost one homicide a day, and we have little miss play NCIS clowns in that unit. There are barricaded suspects, shootings, robberies, and auto thefts happening by the dozens. The international district is not the war zone. The entire city is. Years of all of this, and the Attorney General is crickets on the Schultz Tasergate kickback investigation. Who is to blame? Everyone knows exactly who is to blame.

While we are at it, Lieutenant Jennifer Garcia was promoted to Commander of Internal Affairs, then promptly removed after only a record three months, and transferred to Traffic because she fucked up shit so badly. That is called fucking up!

No Means to Repair
So, as we look to the future, we are realizing that there is no means to repair the damage done and the insightful quote from former District Attorney Kari Brandenburg about the fix for this mess taking decades has never been clearer or more true.

The current command staff does not have the ability, experience, or competence to fix the city. Compliance with reform, and fixing the city are two very different things. Compliance may come to fruition, but it takes real cops to be able to operate within parameters set forth to eradicate the crime problem with aggressive skilled policing. This is not going to happen, because there are not many in it for the right reasons. Sad to say, but it is true. It is not about the money, as we here at the Eye have always maintained. Below is a video of that issue being discussed. It seems that the city attorney’s office is still carrying water for Perry and Berry’s horse shit excuse that their corruption was not, and is not the current reason for the mass hemorrhage of officers leaving for other places, or retiring, and those who are stuck with APD shutting down out of fear. Yes they all shut down out of fear of what was unjustly done to a dozen officers by Schultz and Eden, to keep the federal heat off of their own asses for corruption, racketeering, and other RICO related offenses. The fact is that there is no proactive policing by officers going on at all. Officers answer their radio calls, then find a place to park until the next call comes in. Over the last two weeks emails were sent out to officers citywide looking for volunteers to work, or stay over in area commands that did not have enough officers to work the shift. Folks, this is deadly, and our administration picked a few of the wrong people to listen to. They will have to deal with that mistake, but citizens will have to suffer for it. We are not going to have it!
CPOA REALIZES NOBODY KNOWS WHY NOBODY WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER HERE

We suggest you read the below ABQ Report article about the mystery of why officers do not want to work here.

ABQ REPORT CLUELESS STORY LINK

Hint... may we remind you of the fiascos of officers being scapegoated, having their wives banged by coworkers, lied on by the last two police chiefs, and having to work for a cadre of absolute scum bag supervisors, who betray them at every turn, while enriching, and taking care of themselves handsomely.

And after all of this Eric Garcia has the tiny nuts to open his mouth about about how it is easier to do the right thing now, under this administration. You have to be kidding us! This clown essentially admitted that his whole career he followed along with the horse shit going on here, knew all about the taping of the federal monitor, and every other dirty little secret, but now gets to play the good guy. Sorry. Fuck that pal. Unless you walk into the US Attorney’s office to provide evidence on everything that was done by Schultz Banks Levy and all of their servants along with their predecessors you are still under our microscope pal.

Since this administration has no clue about why the place is in meltdown, maybe another candid survey is in order or a confidence vote. They seemed to have a clue before the election. What happened to that clue?

Maybe a few of the stale old political washed up talking heads that ran their mouths before the election, but are now silent can chime in. Probably not, but one thing is for sure, the same old clowns will be given chance after chance as they shit all over the place while those doing their jobs are trashed. There is a clue! Maybe that is why nobody gives a shit. This place is lead by a bunch of blind, self serving, nest feathering, malfeasants, with no moral compass, who would never risk any exposure whatsoever to do the right thing.

And we still give out gift certificates from a Police Supply Store who is owned by a coward creep who conspired with Ray Schultz to violate the civil rights, and due process of dozens of officers that Schultz wanted retaliated against through trumped up charges, and falsified government documents, in order to feel good about himself, and distract the federal Department of Justice, as co-chair of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board.... Another reason it is still treacherous to be a police officer in the state of New Mexico. In the spirit of all of that, please give your business to Galls or TLC for all of your law enforcement equipment needs.

Let’s show the parasites the door.

Thanks for reading the Eye, where bygones are not bygones until we say they are, memories are long and accurate, and there is no water under the bridge. Where we believe the corrupt and criminal should be punished, not the good deed.

If you can’t get justice, take it!

Till the next time...

They can’t always get what they want.

Hello,

This is an excellent and genuine comment, and we appreciate that. It is free of agenda, and lays it out pretty well. It brings up points that people want to discuss, considering the history of malfeasant politics in our city, and it shows the frustration at hand. This is what we like here. We appreciate the bluntness. It is way better than the slimy, agenda driven, passive aggressive shit attacks we get here, from those that disagree because their ego, political plans, or cushy assignment prospects were dashed to pieces on the shores of life’s many disappointments.

Nobody here is on anyone’s nuts. Rest assured of that. This was all about denial of access, and cover to those responsible for the state of affairs of our police department, and city. It was about taking away that access, and exposing corruption. As much as things may appear one way or another, considering the perception and vantage point. One thing is for sure... the dynamics will be changing, because promises were made to clean this up, and make things right. This is our objective too. The Eye is organic and operates as so. It is beholden to nobody.

The problem in our city is people who think they are more important and worth more than you, us, and everyone else around them. These absolute vermin have destroyed the city with this mentality and their criminal actions. Those who stood by, and watched are guilty, and those who “got theirs, and took off to avoid the heat, and accountability when the DOJ arrived are just as guilty too.

(NOTICE: STILL NOTHING FROM BALDERAS ON THE SCHULTZ TASER INVESTIGATION. WE BET HE WILL LET THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RUN OUT ON THAT JUST LIKE THE BRACHLE CASE. MORE EXCUSES WHILE HE WEARS OUT THE LOW HANGING FRUIT)

The secondary problem, are the pests who want to hear themselves talk with their bloviated calling of the shots, and predictions as they say. They have predicted nothing, and they too are cowards, as they run their mouths from well insulated positions, or already have locked down high dollar pensions. You are also going to see the false cheerleaders, and blow jobs coming out of the woodwork too. We will be doing our best to preempt all of this or call it out for what it is, and outline the motive.

Going back to Berry’s election, we know for a fact that during his campaign he told many that if elected, he would toss Ray Schultz in the shitter. That is a fact, but something happened. That “something” is always the gutless, parasitic cretins who think they are power brokers, sitting behind the scenes cutting deals, or calling in favors for political support, or other issues that may be needed down the line to get what they want, or support their agenda. These are the people we are observing now. In New Mexico, this picture is large, but when it involves criminal activity it is racketeering. It is the reason why Brachle was not indicted for shooting a fellow officer. It is the reason why the Albuquerque Journal supported Dan Lewis and Brian Colon at the same time. It is the reason why they then changed their tune, and supported Tim Keller, when the other two were called out on certain issues, and it was evident Keller was going to take it. It is the reason why Ray Schultz has not been indicted. It is the reason why Nate Korn of Kaufman’s West Army Navy gave campaign donations to a candidate Lewis, when his wife is a political appointee of Republican Governor Martinez, and he himself supported Martinez and Berry, while being Ray Schultz’s main cheerleader, and dirt doer at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board while he was there. It is the reason why Darren White, who is a shameless Susana Martinez water carrier gave a large sum of money to a Lewis in the mayoral election. It is the reason why there was a campaign of disparity in treatment of officers during the Scheme Schultz himself devised to keep the DOJ out of our city while painting people stains on the badge when these people are the biggest shit stains on humanity. It is the reason why criminal officers were covered for, and allowed to retire, while others had cases fabricated on them out of retaliation, animosity or to defraud the DOJ, for doing their jobs, or trying to raise a child. Albuquerque has been one big fucking racket for way too long, and sometimes fucking up co-conspirators best laid plans is the path to reconstruction. The police department suffered from all of it, and now you and your family are suffering from the fallout of officers who shut down, to avoid being victimized by a malfeasant, malevolent, self serving administration, out to cover up their corruption on the backs of any target of opportunity; hence our out of control crime rate, that correlated directly to illegal and unethical actions taken out on the police department out of desperation by former Police Employee Ray Schultz. (We will not call that bag of puss a Chief any longer.)

The people that you do not know about, who lurk about like cowards, torpedoing lives, and destroying the very thread of everyday life in our city, for their own advancement, do so out of greed, power, and sex. This is the problem. One of them knew all too well how serious this was when he got on an airplane, and left the city the day after his criminal administration was toppled, and he had no more cover. That fat red faced drunken bitch is now in Indiana. Indiana! How funny is that? How the fuck do you end up in Indiana from Albuquerque? You pack your bags and run like the bitch that you are in the middle of the night to follow your wife who is the only one left employable in the family. That is how.

You will hear the same people bring up the Eye and Berry from Berry’s first election win. They were the same people that contributed thousands to him, BUT they were the same hypocritical spineless cowards who remained silent for eight years as we tore this administration a new ass weekly, with every bit of intel we could muster, without giving up our sources. They were the same people who “got theirs” then got the fuck out, and left the mess for everyone beneath them. How many people would still be here if certain bits of information had not been released. Three evolutions of upper command staff turnover happened under Berry.

Everything is here in the archives. We were lied to, and we dealt with it with viciousness, and ferocity that you do not see in many other cities coming from a blog. This blog was started under the Marty regime. We all know what went down during those days. Berry knew it, and although you may think he got away with something, that pathetic clown will probably run away too. Just compare his photos from eight years ago to one taken today. He looks like a bag of ass, and all of his hair fell out. Bad things people do have a way of catching up with them. The stress, and lack of a reputation will take a toll on that boy forever. We do not envy him.

So, knowing that the stakes are very high here, there is not much room to be dishonorable, or revoke campaign promises. With that said, we do know how hard things are going to be, and it’s only been a week.

Things are going to be difficult, because one of the groups we discussed above will come into play. There is major assburn over Garcia being kept on as deputy chief, and the bringing back of retired APD commander Harold Medina. As a side note... Medina couldn’t even raised his right hand for his swearing in ceremony properly. What cop, let alone someone who was promoted to the level of commander does not know that you place your left hand on the Bible, while raising your right hand to be sworn in? Harold Medina does not... That’s who! How embarrassing is that?

The look on Keller’s face as Medina raises the wrong hand and ignores the Bible is priceless?

Things are also going to be hard, because there is not many. The pool of good leadership material is thin. You will see where the rubber meets the road, and who is in it to win it in time, because word is that a few are angry they weren’t promoted. We will see who sticks around to fix things, and who takes their ball and goes home. Honestly, we don’t want to see spoiled self centered brats kept on. A handful of dedicated loyal individuals can do the jobs of dozens if they know they are backed, and there is mutual trust between the officers, the citizens, and the command staff. As we see it, it is the command staff’s obligation and responsibility to regain the trust of both the officers and citizens. If you want to call yourself a police executive, you better understand what comes with that. Schultz, Eden, Huntsman, and the rest of the previous filth had no concept of that.
Although there are things we disagree with going on, we will deal with it, but we will not throw grenades at it, without a baseline to go on, because there are good officers depending on things to change drastically for them in a good way. If that does not happen... If officers get shit on we will address it. The same goes for all city employees and our citizens.

The fact of the matter is that Keller’s apologizing for complete assholes, who shot people with ashtrays, lotion bottles, cell phones, spoons, or who were just plain unarmed, for crimes ranging from nothing, to petty misdemeanors is called owning it. The fact that people were shot when they did not have to be, or as they were being talked down, and about to comply, like Boyd and Ellis and having to listen to jackasses on police audio recordings exclaim “ oh fuck fuck was that me?” when their gun goes off, then observe a whole entire city attorney’s office, and police department justify a negligent discharge of a firearm after a fathers kid is killed... THAT is the problem here. You can not deny that there were several unjustified shootings in our city that denies belief. How do you justify shooting someone standing on their own front porch from across the street, in the back, when they have a spoon in their hand, and the officer knows it is a spoon, then promoting them. How do you justify skipping over officers for promotion, just because you do not like them, when they have stellar records or better yet railroading them off the job to distract from upper command staff public corruption? How does a shoot get justified where an officer knows an object in the hand was a spoon, but the excuse was that the officer felt he may go inside, and get a gun? It does not work that way. That is not an imminent threat, but this was one of many unarmed shootings this officer had, and another one of the many ridiculous excuses that people are sick and tired of hearing. How does a mental patient get killed in his own back yard by the police when he is unarmed just because an officer bit off more that he could chew physically, and precipitated the situation? How does an officer shoot an unarmed suspect in the back, stand over him and shoot him again and lie about there being a gun in his hand and not get indicted for murder? There are use of force cases that need apologizing for, and actual prosecution of, and there are use of force cases that look like absolute shit, but are justified. People understand this, but the previous administration under Ray Schultz had blurred the line so badly that nobody, even the officers trust anyone, and that is no good. It is the reason why we are here. Some apologizing needs to be done on both sides, and the administration carries most of the weight on that. The competent officers know they didn’t fuck up. They know who the fuck ups are, and they don’t want to be around them either. If officers are cringing at some of these things, something is wrong.

You will never hear a good cop complain about the field, fighting criminals, dealing with drunks, ignorance, or anything related to police work out there in the trenches. The constant enemy of the good street cop is the self important, micro managing attention whore of a police executive who uses them for a stepping stool. That is going to stop. The failed leadership that betrays the rank and file out there every day, doing what they themselves can’t do, don’t want to do, or are too good to do will always be held accountable by us, because that is what destroyed our city.

The citizens have been duped by New Mexico politicians for decades. This has been done on the backs of employees, officers, other politicians, and the citizens themselves. As the song goes, you can’t always get what you want, and this is true here. Now THEY can’t always get what they want, because even though there are still unavoidable tentacles of influence throughout the place, there are also more Eyes. After all of this, and everything that happened, betraying the good for selfishness will never be lived down, if it is the result of intentional malfeasance. There will be stumbling and growing pains, but mark these words, there will be accountability. That is pretty much the climate we are in, and everyone knows this because of what happened, so mimicking a Berry regime is not likely.

Another reason we went this route was because the Mayor had a background in accountability based government. He conducted audits and knows what Berry and Schultz did and what they are. He was also none of the above when it came to the politically connected who are responsible for what happened here through their direct actions, or affiliations. We also decided this because he had a background in government an had the best plans for action.

You know what we do. We do not betray, nor do we stab backs. We react to deception. We only ask that the right thing is done. We ask that the wrongs be righted. Nobody is a peasant. Every wrong needs to be addressed. We ask that an honest attempt be made at all of this. This is all that can be expected. We are a week into this now. Let’s see what happens. All does not happen in a week. This will be a process. We will be watching, and so will our Eyes.

Feelings will get hurt. We can almost promise that, because we know who the posers are, plus you can’t appease everyone. We know who sat back, while the injustices were taking place. We know who reserved endorsement, until weeks before the runoff. We know those same frauds are standing in the crowd behind the Mayor, like they have been there all along, and we have their names, and facts to back it up. Those people are the ones who’s feet will be held to the fire when they decide to take the political, or low road approach to doing the right thing. We are also tired of union officials walking around like they are a boss, or bragging that they have the mayor’s ear. You know who you are. Get out your insulated booties mister “bro” because your shit is no longer going to be tolerated either. Joey boy learned it the hard way and you can too. If we smell any selfish agenda we will put it out there.

All in all, what we are saying is give it some time, but keep a close eye on everything. It is all we can do right now as things start to settle in, and get rolling. Taking care of Lou Golson, making the commanders give up the incentive pay, and filing an LEA90 against former Lt. Brachle’s certification were outstanding first moves. We will continue to keep eyes on the appointments, along with circumstances as they unfold. We want to see things made good, and safe for all of our citizens, officers and firemen.

We do not know how we will feel tomorrow, let alone 4 years but we will see, and so will those who choose the wrong choices.

No one person is Albuquerque’s savior. It is up to all of us.

Thank you for reading us, and we hope you and your families have a safe and happy holiday season!

The Eye

BACKFIRING CRITICISM AND THE SAME FROM THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MESS

The last couple weeks of the election trail here in Albuquerque has been an example of what has been going on for years, and what put this place in the situation it is in. We all know how politics can get, but New Mexico politics is probably one of the more slimy nationally. Those here would rather see failure, than to put their ego aside for the common good, and they will do anything they need to get what they want.

Last week we saw Albuquerque reporter Chris Huffman Montalban Smith Jones Chan Nikolai Ramirez do a surprise article on Keller donations over in kind donations that there is no ruling on, and which are documented. It is interesting to note how McCleskey was on the grand jury investigative hook for a long time, but no surprise visit interview was done there. A point to remember was that this reporter used to work for Berry. Those donations are legal, and unlike the criminal actions of this administration, and their political supporters, millions were not lost in lawsuits, nobody was defrauded, nobody lied about it, the record of all of it is there, no employees or citizens were railroaded to cover it up, and nobody lied when the issue came up. It is all documented. Good luck getting documents from this administration, or the millions lost to their malfeasance.

There were also many people going around citing the KOB and KRQE polls as the first numbers out on public opinion on candidates. That isn't the case either. There was also a poll in the Albuquerque Business Journal weekly. Keller won that poll, but it seems some very odd things are going on with these polls, as they are shut down early.

ABQ BIZ JOURNAL SURVEY

Recently, the KRQE poll conducted last night after the Mayoral Debate was shut down before the twenty four hour mark even hit. If you read the comments, you can see some accusations, and we have received a few complaints here. Lets hope this is not the case. There will be no change electing someone who is just a Berry 2.0, or someone who is tied to Schultz by their balls. That is a fact.

KRQE MAYORAL DEBATE POLL

We here at the Eye feel that there are some very sincere people in this election. We also feel there are some wolves in hamster clothing who are in it for financial gain, political drag, to hook up their cronies, and to fill their pockets, while feathering their nest for the future on the backs of our citizens and employees. You will see things play out very soon in reference to all of those who are in it for the wrong reasons, because the unjust can not help themselves. Keep your eyes peeled for the usual antics of finger pointing, and attacks from those with their own back yards full of garbage. Look for the crying and playing of victim too, because they are all traits of the current administration’s culture.

What is worse? Representing filth, and standing like a man, saying yes I did that, or representing someone, and denying that person to distance yourself from them, because it does not look favorable for your campaign? It really does not matter, because we bet the representation of Ray Schultz was never officially ended, meaning that if Ray needs an attorney, Colon’s firm would represent him. Not only that, but Ray Schultz’s long time BFF Nate Korn, who owns Kauffman’s West Army Navy donated $800 to Brian Colon’s campaign. No surprise there! It is funny how these self preserving / serving individuals will flip flop any which way they have to in order to benefit their agenda. We all know how imbalanced, unfair, and outright crooked the NEW MEXICO LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY BOARD WAS under Korn. We all knew that there was an unexplainable amount of disparate punitive measures laid out on anyone who Schultz deemed a target to be revoked, or retaliated against, and the proof is there to stand it up. One assistant AG had resigned over tampering with cases, along with other hearing officers over the conduct going on up there. We all know that Nate Korn buys in when it benefits Nate Korn and this sends a clearer message that Colon is allied with those connected with Schultz.

One last thing. Today through social media, we found out that Dan Lewis’s own Turf is supporting Tim Keller in the election. Yesterday it was announced that ABQWest Chamber of Commerce is endorsing Tim Keller. You can read it above. Now that folks is a kick in the balls.

Most every union and association in the state seems to be behind Tim Keller. We will wait, and see what the APOA does in the near future, considering who they will be supporting. From our Eyes in the field, we know that most of the officers with APD are supporting Tim Keller. Our Eyes are telling us there is much wavering over possible money issues, and personal promises made, but Keller laid it out as opposed to the others. Things will be negotiated, and he will support our officers so that they can do their job under a just, and not corrupted administration. No lies like Berry told, but admitting there will be raises.

As for the rumored attacks coming down the pipeline… we will be watching closely, and observing for the usual suspects, along with their motives, and where these snipes are originating from, because you are going to see the same creeps who stood by while this administration burned down the barn, twist words, manipulate circumstances, and flat out lie to make it look like someone ate a chicken egg that wasn't theirs. Remember the difference between what something looks like, and what it is, because all of these attack traits can be seen in this administration.

We are looking forward to a new administration, and an end to this back biting, candy ass, horse shit, and it will be nice when we have positive things to say for a change.

Below is a social media release from Keller we picked up from the net.

RACKETEERING

Racketeering, often associated with organized crime, is the act of offering of a dishonest service (a "racket") to solve a problem that wouldn't otherwise exist without the enterprise offering the service. Racketeering as defined by the RICO act includes a list of 35 crimes.

Here is a spread sheet detailing the suspicious, and obvious expenditures that grew exponentially as the DOJ was ramping up on the Albuquerque Police Department. Notice it is the usual suspects that have backed Ray Schultz's play since day one, and profited from it. Blood money we say. The DoJ stated that there were many unjustifiable shootings, but we know there were bigger things these criminals were worried about the DoJ finding out about.

We here at the Eye hate to beat a dead donkey, but there is one person responsible for everything that has gone wrong here, and that person (for lack of a better word) is Raymond D. Schultz now of the Memorial Villages Texas Police Department. This needs to be addressed until there is action taken into holding this coward accountable for using the place as his bank, whorehouse, criminal enterprise, and personal tax paid shield, complete with paid legal representation, that crossed the line in ways that defy explanation, but prove the New Mexico courts can be easily defrauded. There are no coincidences here folks, because creeps have no honor, and they expect to be paid for their services, even from their friends. The funny thing is that these creeps do not know what a friend is, because they are so low, that friendship does not exist below the dog shit these scum bags live under. It is strictly symbiotic, as you can see here:

After looking at this spread sheet, and correlating the timelines with occurrences that occurred at the same times, and you still believe there was not a concerted effort to derail any scrutiny into the public corruption that was going on by any means and resource necessary, you have lost your mind. We all know Nate Korn profited from Ray, and Ray benefitted from Korn's bullying of the NMLEA board to decide in Ray's cases against those he decided to target for personal reasons, and to fool the DoJ into thinking they did not need to be here. As they started getting caught in these actions, their machine lost steam, and many of these punks fled or got the hand of karma slapped on them. The NMLEA is now under fire from many directions, and a few cases in particular will be opening the organization up for liability in malicious and intentional civil rights violations, and conspiracy to do so through evidence of misconduct that we here at the Eye are in possession of.

Schultz feathered his nest, and insulated himself through a network of other like minded cowards who were willing to do things to people for him, like a dog does for a biscuit. Like we said, no honor. As Schultz was working his no bid Taser deal, Walz at the Albuquerque (URINAL) Journal was hard at work baselessly attacking Schultz's designated targets, libeling them, backing his agenda, and initiatives, and praising him as being the man for the job to clean up APD. You all remember this load of bullshit? All of it was done to keep the feds from finding out about the great little gig they had going on here. While you all were working hard at your jobs, Schultz was sitting back enjoying the perks of attaining the rank of Police Chief, the weight that the title alone would shield him from of the scrutiny he deserved, and the free shit he filled his pockets with at your expense. When the heat came, he devised an deflection plan, then an exit plan, and then fled like a bitch. All of it involved these co-conspirators. He ran with a $120,000 a year PERA pension in his Dodge Charger he coincidentally obtained after APD went to Chargers as their new patrol car, and now makes over $100,000 in his new gig with his buddy JD, who Korn protected, unlike he ever did at any other NMLEA board hearing. Remember this idiot was named in lawsuits that cost Albuquerque 30 to 40 million dollars, and now he sits there with his pink face, and turkey neck smirking next to his fat buddy.

Kent Walz's brother Jerry was a contract attorney with the city that defended many cases under Schultz. There are no coincidences here, only evidence. We will not stop until someone goes to prison.

These losers thrive on the phenomenon that egregious acts fade away with time, and nobody does anything. They just bide their time, till it fades away, and we concern ourselves with more corruption like Mayor Berry's multi million dollar reverse kickback scheme, the Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project, where Berry's buddies will pay him back later for the bloviated cost of construction payouts funneled their way, by hooking the cowardly liar up with political contributions for his bid to be elected governor. Remember that this idiot has done nothing, and failed as a mayor, so he expects us all to pay for this tax paid legacy of his to claim as his gem. Kind of slick isn't it? Another selfish investment at the cost of the citizens and businesses for his own political gain.

We here at the Eye urge everyone to fight these bloated parasitic ticks at every turn, because nothing they do is for you. It is all about them, but you are paying the price in every way possible for it.

City legal is having bad day after bad day as the truth bleeds out. We here at the Eye say it is about time.

EMBARGO: KAUFMAN'S WEST LLC

We here at the Eye have no tolerance for individuals who abuse political connections, bully others, and provide cover for the corrupt through their backroom dealings, and cowardly, off the record, telephone "call a friend" favor call ins. You have read many accounts of the usual suspects who have stuck it to the citizens, and employees of Albuquerque, and this state, and they can all be linked to one another by one degree. The sniping from the shadows is going to end.

Raymond D. Schultz is having a good time fooling the folks in the community of Memorial Villages Texas into thinking he is a great guy, after he destroyed this place with the help of his coward friends. As we have seen with many ranking members here, the rules change when you are under criminal or grand jury investigation, because they do not get put on leave or terminated. As a matter of fact, people like Ray Schultz's friend JD Sanders can actually get hired as a police chief in another state, while there is action pending regarding his certification after resigning over an internal affairs investigation into misconduct, concerning him with the Hobbs NM PD. This is no coincidence, because Ray's BFF Nate Korn was the vice chair of the board at the time, and Director Jack Jones was present, and advocating for JD Sanders who was not present. We would like to ask our LE readers just how would your absence at your own LE board hearing be handled? Would the director have advocated for you as be did for Sanders? Would they just get to say that there were lots of allegations, but nothing happened? No, not even close, unless you are connected to these cowards. Many media outlets have ignored the little details above, but we here will not. A chief resigns from his position, an LEA90 is filed, and nobody asks questions when he rendezvous with another chief, who fled his last place of employment TOO. Does the saying "you scratch mine, I'll scratch yours" sound familiar? IPRA NMLEAB CASE #12-089. Who should you ask? Oopsie! That's right, Jones is gone, and so is Korn. Seems all of these people are skedaddling, now that things are coming to light. But they aren't worried about the Corvino case, are they?

SCHULTZ... PROBABLY IMPARTING NO BID, PAY TO PLAY CONTRACT WISDOM, ABOUT HOW TO GET VESTS, AND MAKE MONEY ON THE BACK END, RIGHT NEXT TO THE REFRIDGERATOR HE GETS HIS DONUTS AND MARSHMALLOWS FROM.

You can read it all here, starting on page 109. This should enrage anyone who has had to deal with the disparity in case handling up there in Santa Fe, especially those who have had action taken against their certifications, after signing agreements with municipalities agreeing to no action in lieu of resignation.

http://nmlea.dps.state.nm.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/06-17-13_NMLEA_BoardMeeting_Minutes_Revised.pdf


We here at the Eye ask why is Ray Schultz not on administrative leave? Look at him!

Where is the investigation into the Taser no bid, kickback contract at?

If those that fled get to smile and profit, then those still here should not get the same benefit.

There has been a lot of talk about departments directing their staff to Kaufman's West LLC for their equipment. Why? Why direct people to a place where their prices are high? Why direct anyone to a business owned by an individual who condones corruption, by openly praising former employee Raymond D. Schultz as some kind of "E.F. Hutton," when all he is is a coward who used people, destroyed the place, then moved on when the heat came down on him; a snowflake. Enough of acting like something did not happen. Ray Schultz is a liar, who has perjured himself in numerous cases, while under oath, and he was allowed to do this by people in oversight positions, who dare to take the high ground, and act as if they were cleaning the place up, when THEY were, and are the problem. They did this. As the rats jump ship, the rat feeders should be sent packing with them. WE HERE AT THE EYE ARE CALLING FOR AN EMBARGO OF ALL BUSINESS WITH KAUFMAN'S WEST LLC. There are better places to do business with better prices. Try the below listed vendors. They are nice people that get shut out by a corrupt administration. Do not give money to a business that has profited from the likes of Ray Schultz, and is owned by a person who has obviously pushed cases in the favor of violating employee rights, politically bullied decisions in the desired direction of his buddy's choosing, and disallowed the simple right to free speech at public hearings. You do not get to destroy places and lives and walk away. Hillary Schultz should not get a free pass. Indict him.

WE HERE AT THE EYE SAY DON'T RUN RATS! JUST TURN YOURSELVES IN TO THE FEDS. THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. THEY ARE AS SICK OF THIS MESS AS WE ARE.

We suggest anyone looking for quality emergency services equipment give the below people a try. It is about time the favoritism ends.

Our favorite vendors:

TLC UNIFORMS
925 Second St. NW
ALBUQUERQUE, NM

NEVE'S UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT
2520 San Mateo Blvd. NE
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110

Police Officers get “Corn Holed” again

Oddly enough, Gov. Martinez re-appointed Nate Korn (AKA: Nathan Kornfield) of Kaufman's West Uniforms to the LEA Board (Law Enforcement Administration Board).  In an article from the Santa-Fe New Mexican (READ IT HERE), Phil Sisneros, the spokesmen for the Attorney General stated, there doesn't appear to be a conflict of interest.

It appears Phil has been smoking something strange or he was given bad information by the AG's Office.  In a story here on the Eye On Albuquerque (READ SIDEBAR), it was proven what Nate Korn was actually doing and why.  This all appears to be part if a "pay-to-play" scenario.

 SIDEBAR

Something "Korny" Going On

"Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence."

--U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clark (1961) 

The city of Albuquerque has many ordinances that mirror state laws but are refined to the particular, and allowable, form of municipal government that we all know as Albuquerque. To be sure the city is not a true sovereign entity; it owes its creation to state statute. Its capacity to exist and govern itself is contingent upon being faithful to its own laws and not deceiving the very citizens it hold jurisdiction over. As Justice Clark remarked, a government that fails to hold itself accountable and simply disregards its own laws voids its very existence.

At the forefront of Albuquerque's code of ordinances is the "Conflict of Interest" ordinance §3-3-1. The main point being that "An employee shall disqualify himself or herself from participating in any official act directly affecting a business in which he or she has a financial interest." Since Albuquerque officials are entrusted with authority and money from the citizens they serve there is no greater breach of duty than to act in a manner where a city official puts their interest before the citizens...and from this ordinance there are endless other that effectuate a code of conduct that, if followed is beyond reproach:

§ 3-3-6 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

§ 3-3-5 CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EMPLOYEES.

§ 3-3-7 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; FORMER EMPLOYEES.

§ 5-5-22 ETHICAL CONDUCT

§ 5-5-27 PURCHASES BY QUOTATION

§ 5-5-28 COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS

§ 12-3-4 EMBEZZLEMENT

§ 3-3-4 GIFTS AND DONATIONS PROHIBITED 

Recently, our Eyes alerted us to a corporation known as “Friends of SWAT.” What caught our eye concerning this is not only does Friends of SWAT involve many current APD officers, but retired officers as well: APD Sgt. Jason Peck, Officer Armando Limon, Retired Commander Dan Cafferkey, Officer Ron Tosta, and citizen at large Nate Korn (or is that Nathan Kornfield?). Our Eyes wanted to know what a dominant city vendor would be doing as co-director within a corporation staffed with current and former city employees. We think it is hardly appropriate for a vendor known for selling police gear and equipment to the very employer of his co-directors!

Given Mr. Korn’s grandstanding about ethics and integrity while he sits on the state’s LEA board, we found this beyond disturbing. Through his business Kaufman’s West, Mr. Korn contracts with the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in police and police related equipment to APD each year. Given that each vendor is supposed to disclose any conflicts they may have when responding to the city’s RFP’s we wonder if competing vendors knew of Mr. Korn’s legal business relationship with these APD employees. What influence did they have in crafting RFP’s in a favorable way so that Mr. Korn edged out competition? What inducements has Mr. Korn given these or other APD employees? Can Mr. Korn and these officers honestly say their activity is consistent with these city ordinances and the many parallel state statutes?

In reviewing the details of the above city ordinances, it seems Mr. Korn and all of the directors are in clear violation of these laws. Sadly, it gets worse. According to the state Public Regulation Commission, Friends of SWAT has been operating out of the Valley Area Command since 2007 as its corporation and mailing address is 5408 2^nd Street NW (Link: HERE). How is this possible that a private business has been operating out of a secure government police facility? Who has been in charge of the Valley Area Command to allow this to go on? How much on duty time have these individuals spent in furtherance of their corporate interests while at work? What material benefit have they derived from their relationship with an equipment vendor known widely for his “donations?” 

While we thank our Eyes for forwarding this information, not only are we shocked and outraged, but we are dismayed. Given Mr. Korn’s personal relationship with APD’s Chief Schultz we think it is very unlikely Chief Schultz has no knowledge about this. On behalf of all the concerned citizens of Albuquerque and all of the hard working rank and file officers who operate by the very rules they enforce, we demand that the State Attorney General and/or the State Auditor commence an immediate investigation and prosecution of all and any persons found in violation of the law.

 

END SIDEBAR

 Between drumming up his own business by being closely connected to the law enforcement community across the state and being part of a "unique group" who raises money for the sole purpose of buying police equipment; folks, the fix is in! Guess what Nathan Kornfield sells?  That is right; police equipment! We won't even talk about the donations to Martinez' campaign by Korn. Ironically, the Governor who is suppose to also be an attorney has failed to do her homework and by proxy she has failed everyone in this state.

Based on the appearance of impropriety, let alone the actual impropriety, Korn should has never been appointed or re-appointed to the LEA Board.   The police officers will pay for it on both ends. Remember Korn and Schultz are buddies...

Why is the media so afraid to call things like it is?

Something "Korny" Going On

"Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence."
--U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clark (1961)

The city of Albuquerque has many ordinances that mirror state laws but are refined to the particular, and allowable, form of municipal government that we all know as Albuquerque. To be sure the city is not a true sovereign entity; it owes its creation to state statute. Its capacity to exist and govern itself is contingent upon being faithful to its own laws and not deceiving the very citizens it hold jurisdiction over. As Justice Clark remarked, a government that fails to hold itself accountable and simply disregards its own laws voids its very existence.

At the forefront of Albuquerque's code of ordinances is the "Conflict of Interest" ordinance §3-3-1. The main point being that "An employee shall disqualify himself or herself from participating in any official act directly affecting a business in which he or she has a financial interest." Since Albuquerque officials are entrusted with authority and money from the citizens they serve there is no greater breach of duty than to act in a manner where a city official puts their interest before the citizens...and from this ordinance there are endless other that effectuate a code of conduct that, if followed is beyond reproach:

§ 3-3-6 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
§ 3-3-5 CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EMPLOYEES.
§ 3-3-7 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; FORMER EMPLOYEES.
§ 5-5-22 ETHICAL CONDUCT
§ 5-5-27 PURCHASES BY QUOTATION
§ 5-5-28 COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS
§ 12-3-4 EMBEZZLEMENT
§ 3-3-4 GIFTS AND DONATIONS PROHIBITED

Recently, our Eyes alerted us to a corporation known as “Friends of SWAT.” What caught our eye concerning this is not only does Friends of SWAT involve many current APD officers, but retired officers as well: APD Sgt. Jason Peck, Officer Armando Limon, Retired Commander Dan Cafferkey, Officer Ron Tosta, and citizen at large Nate Korn (or is that Nathan Kornfield?). Our Eyes wanted to know what a dominant city vendor would be doing as co-director within a corporation staffed with current and former city employees. We think it is hardly appropriate for a vendor known for selling police gear and equipment to the very employer of his co-directors!

Given Mr. Korn’s grandstanding about ethics and integrity while he sits on the state’s LEA board, we found this beyond disturbing. Through his business Kaufman’s West, Mr. Korn contracts with the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in police and police related equipment to APD each year. Given that each vendor is supposed to disclose any conflicts they may have when responding to the city’s RFP’s we wonder if competing vendors knew of Mr. Korn’s legal business relationship with these APD employees. What influence did they have in crafting RFP’s in a favorable way so that Mr. Korn edged out competition? What inducements has Mr. Korn given these or other APD employees? Can Mr. Korn and these officers honestly say their activity is consistent with these city ordinances and the many parallel state statutes?

In reviewing the details of the above city ordinances, it seems Mr. Korn and all of the directors are in clear violation of these laws. Sadly, it gets worse. According to the state Public Regulation Commission, Friends of SWAT has been operating out of the Valley Area Command since 2007 as its corporation and mailing address is 5408 2^nd Street NW (Link: HERE). How is this possible that a private business has been operating out of a secure government police facility? Who has been in charge of the Valley Area Command to allow this to go on? How much on duty time have these individuals spent in furtherance of their corporate interests while at work? What material benefit have they derived from the their relationship with an equipment vendor known widely for his “donations?”

While we thank our Eyes for forwarding this information, not only are we shocked and outraged, but we are dismayed. Given Mr. Korn’s personal relationship with APD’s Chief Schultz we think it is very unlikely Chief Schultz has no knowledge about this. On behalf of all the concerned citizens of Albuquerque and all of the hard working rank and file officers who operate by the very rules they enforce, we demand that the State Attorney General ans/or the State Auditor commence an immediate investigation and prosecution of all and any persons found in violation of the law.

Schultz uses Cronies to his Advantage

As expected, New Mexico’s LEA board rubber stamped and accepted APD Chief, Ray Schultz’s proposal to automatically have a law enforcement officer’s certification be placed in suspended status when that officer is charged with a felony crime. As our Eyes reported, fellow board member and “citizen at large” Nate Korn, and owner of Albuquerque city police contract supplier Kaufman’s West, also voted in support of this measure.

“The misconduct definitely occurred, but the officer on a technicality slipped through the cracks.” For these reasons, Chief Schultz apparently thinks its ok to subvert, and side step, the Constitution of the United States. As Chief Schultz stated in an interview, an officer’s certification is like a license and failure to meet certain requirements may lead to its suspension. Yes, thank you Chief Schultz we are aware of that. And like your statement about officers needing probably cause in order to stop a person for DWI, you are once again wrong. A person’s driver’s license gets placed in suspended status when they fail to do certain things or are to have been found to have committed certain violations NOT when they are accused of wrong doing. A “certain thing” necessary to deprive a person of their license is more than a suspicion. As with a criminal indictment, an officer facing felony charges is again accused of doing something. While Chief Schultz seems to routinely forget we are not in 1933 Germany. Under OUR laws, a person is presumed innocent until they are proven guilty. Our Legal Eyes tell us that what Chief Schultz and Mr. Korn are proposing is simply a violation of due process in an effort to remove a person’s property interest in their job. With an officer’s certification suspended, the means by which Chief Schultz can terminate the officer’s employment is clear and fast. We are not saying people have a “right” to be police officers. What we are saying is that once a person is employed, the courts recognize one’s employment as their property. And you cannot take away a person’s property without due process.

Look, we recognize that if an officer has been charged with a serious misdemeanor or felony crime, their ability to function as a police officer is all but impaired. However, remedies exist to deal with this scenario in order to respect the presumption of an officer’s innocence. The officer is relieved of their badge and gun and they are assigned an administrative duty outside of sworn officer responsibilities. In some cases administrative leave without pay may be justified. The case the media loves to point out is former APD officer Levi Chavez. But our Eyes tell us endless supervisors tried to have Mr. Chavez disciplined up through termination before the suspected murder of his late wife. There’s only one person who kept Mr. Chavez from being terminated: Chief Schultz. Now, Chief Schultz wants to put the cart before the horse and terminate officers before they’ve had their case adjudicated. There is considerable precedent where officers have been cleared of charges who have been reinstated because it was found that their termination was unjust. Chief Schultz likes to say “a prima facie showing” is all that is necessary. Maybe that logic works in his office but it doesn’t work in court or the real world. Ask former officer Timothy Chavez who was charged with rape and later cleared. He continues to collect payment from the city because APD terminated his employment unlawfully.

Given the mass exodus of the most senior and talented personnel from within APD we have to wonder to what lengths Chief Schultz will continue to go to deflect his failure upon people other than himself. Our Eyes tell us the lieutenant who has all but coordinated the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta will be retiring. Instead of anticipating this event, Chief Schultz assigned rookie supervisor Dodi Comacho as the balloon fiesta coordinator. Our Eyes tell us that her depth of experience in managing large scale events (remember the Downtown fiasco she was responsible for last winter?) has resulted in Chief Schultz assigning Commander Harold Medina and Lieutenant Fernando Aragon to assist her with this project. Instead of having one lieutenant manage the event, we now have two commanders and a lieutenant. And people wonder if the loss of experience and talent will cost the taxpayers??? Let’s also not forget the myriad issues other commander leaders have within Chief Schultz’s inner circle: DCOP Warfield has one confirmed excessive force judgment against him and one more pending. Commander Gonterman also has a judgment of excessive force against him which resulted in a bill of over $400,000 to the city’s taxpayers. Are these people going to be subject to the new LEA policy? Our Eyes tell us of course not because they are sworn to protect Chief Schultz.

Then, our Eyes tell us the APOA and FOP are all but silent in this matter. While we know many of our readers do not value organized labor, and we respect healthy dialogue, having labor push back on issues such as this is important to maintain balance. In the absence of balance, city and department leaders run amok and the effects of a demagogue such as Schultz are being seen in the spiraling debasement of a once fine agency. Now, under the reign of Chief Schultz, APD is the embodiment of arbitrary and disparate treatment of its officers. And the citizens are feeling the effects of this with poor policing, lack of trust, loss of experience and expertise, and constant scrutiny.

Remember that, in Chief Schultz’s own words, your civil rights are a mere technicality.