Albuquerque officers resign from Emergency Response Team following protest

QUITE AN INTERESTING REASON. BRIAN: I WOULD THINK SO, THANKS, JILLIAN. OFFICERS UNDER SIEGE. GOT 17 MAYBE EVEN 19. ONE LIEUTENANT AND TWO SERGEANTS FROM ONE NEW MEXICO POLICE DEPARTMENT ALBUQUERQUE THAT IS ALL RESIGNING FROM THE MILLIMETER RESPONSE TEAM IN RECENT DAYS. EXODUS FOLLOWS THE RESPONSE TO COUNTER PROTEST EARLIER THIS MONTH. DID NOT FEEL SUPPORTED. THE MAN WHO LEADS THAT TEAM THE HEAD OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ORGANIZATION JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I APPRECIATE IT DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THE 19 HAVE RESIGNED FROM THIS UNIT? >> OH, YES. 100 PERCENT. THESE OFFICERS, THIS IS AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY FOR THEM. WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP TO BE AT THE SPHERE OF THE BIGGEST MOST VOLATILE POLITICAL FOOTBALL IN THE COUNTRY. THEY THERE IS A LACK OF TRUST WITH OUR ADMINISTRATION, THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTED. JUST A YEAR AGO WE WERE ON "FOX & FRIENDS" DESCRIBING THE CHAOS THAT HAPPENED WITH OUR UNIT STOOD DOWN AS CRIMINALS VIOLENTLY TOOK DOWN A STATUE WHERE ONE PERSON WAS SHOT. SO WE WERE CHASTISED FOR NOT GETTING INVOLVED THEN. AND NOW WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS BEING REMOVED FROM THIS COUNTER PROTEST FOR DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG. HE DIDN’T VIOLATE ANY LAWS. HE WAS EXERCISING HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT WITHIN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND WE HAVE AN SERGEANT TAKE OFFICER’S JOB GUN AND BADGE REMOVED. WHO WANTS TO LIVE UNDER THAT TYPE OF SCRUTINY. MORALE IS GONE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY DON’T TRUST THEIR LEADERS. THEY DON’T TRUST THE CITY AND THEY ARE TIRED BEING BEING MANAGED BY POLITICS. BRIAN: YOU KNOW WHAT’S AMAZING AS I LOOK AROUND NYPD COCKTAIL WAS THROWN IN A POLICE OFFICER’S FACE. CALIFORNIA CAPTURE AS HOMICIDE SUSPECT FIRING AT MOTOR CYCLE OFFICER. UNDERCOVER OFFICER ASIAN IN A SUBWAY IN NEW YORK WAS ATTACKED, WAS ALMOST PUSHED ON THE TRACKS AND SUBWAY AND HE SAYS THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR HANDS ARE TIED. SO THAT’S -- WHAT’S HAPPENING IN ALBUQUERQUE IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. DON’T YOU GET THAT SENSE, OFFICER. >> YES, IT IS. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING. WE ARE IN A CONSENT DECREE HERE IN ALBA QUIRKY. EVERYTHING IN ALBUQUERQUE IS ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNLESS THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING DOESN’T PRESCRIBE TO THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE. THAT’S NOT HOW OFFICERS OPERATE. WE ARE NOT RUBIK’S CUBES. WE WANT TO FOLLOW THE LAW ACT IT GOOD FAITH AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN THESE COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO INCLUDE OURS MAKE A TARGET OUT OF THEIR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR COMMUNITY BETTER MAKE REALLY WARM AND FUZZY FELLOWS WITH OUR CRIMINALS. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY AS VIOLENT CRIMES SPIKE OUT OF CONTROL. BRIAN: JUST REAL QUICK, IS THE 1919 GOING TO BE REPLACED? >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I BELIEVE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS NOT GOING TO BREAK DOWN TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS AN EXTRACURRICULAR JOB. I DOUBT THAT THEY WILL GET ANYBODY TO REPLACE THESE JOBS. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE FIELD SERVICES AND TRADITIONAL DISPATCH WITH CIVIL UNREST FROM NOW ON. BUFF I DON’T BLAME THESE OFFICERS AT ALL. WHO WANTS TO TAKE ON THAT PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CALLED, YOU KNOW, BEING INVOLVED IN THESE PROTESTS THAT JUST ARE NEVER ENDING. BRIAN: YOU DO IT TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU DON’T DO IT TO GET RICH. SHAUN WILLOUGHBY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

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Length: 3min 31sec (211 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 19 2021