Albuquerque, NM has only one homicide detective

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APD has only one homicide detective currently working on 28 homicides; and Albuquerque has 74 unsolved murders. I heard that on KOAT-TV channel #7‘s evening news today.

Shortly after that they showed a video clip of APD’s new “lowrider squad car”. It’s got fancy wheels, and the car bounces up and down as it’s driven down the street. I didn’t hear how much that car cost us.

Maybe we should have invested in at least one more homicide detective? (one homicide detective currently working on 28 homicides; and Albuquerque has 74 unsolved murders)

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1. IIRC, correctly, there's a lot of APD induced deaths.

Am I wrong about this? If not, there is a reason why more detective's aren't hired.

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2. It was likely seized through assett forfeiture....

A lot of fancy police vehicles are seizures. They usually sell them for cash for internal use, but sometimes they keep them.

Seizing property is profitable. Investigating murders or rapes is expensive.

Gotta kerp policing profitable.

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3. It's a police squad car.

A 'lowrider' squad car.

Waste of time and money.

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4. so why couldn't it be a seized vehicle converted to a squad car?

I don't get the conflict.

They use a lot of seized vehicles for undercover work, unmarked cars, and even squad cars for senior staff (captains cars).

Maybe they thought it would be funny to convert one.

Why would they buy one that way?

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5. Indeed!

Why?