Let鈥檚 Talk New Mexico 2/9 8am: Albuquerque has continued to set new homicide records, while legislative also show other violent and property crimes are well above the national average. One solution in Albuquerque was the Metro Crime Initiative. Started in 2021, advocates and agencies in and around Albuquerque joined together to study violence, gun crimes, faults of the justice system, and the dearth of behavioral health treatment that have aggravated public safety goals.
However, crime鈥檚 reach goes well beyond the state鈥檚 largest city. A report last fall shows that almost all categories of crime are . And in Clovis, the District Attorney told the that illicit drug use is fueling 鈥渧iolence, robberies, burglaries, domestic violence. The majority of the homicides in our area have been drug related."
On the next episode of 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk New Mexico鈥� we鈥檒l discuss public safety and what law enforcement and city and state government can do right now to curtail crime. Do you think tougher laws discourage criminal behavior? Are the courts at fault for going easy on defendants? Would more police in our communities help you to feel safer? What are the gaps in our system that foster crime? Email us at LetsTalk@kunm.org or call in live during the show.
GUESTS:
- Linda Atkinson, Executive Director,
- Sam Bregman,
- Enrique Cardiel, Executive Director,
- Tim Keller,
- Andrea Reeb, , Chaves, Curry & Roosevelt Counties
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