ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Central New Mexico Community College is set to begin a police academy in an effort to grow the ranks of the Albuquerque Police Department.
The Albuquerque Journal reports the Albuquerque college announced Monday that it is launching the CNM Law Enforcement Academy next year.
The inaugural class will head to the Albuquerque Police Department after graduation.
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Albuquerque police has about 880 officers. Ten years ago, there were 1,100 officers but, over the past six years, the number dwindled to a low of 831.
CNM President Katharine Winograd says Rio Rancho, the Village of Corrales, Los Lunas, Moriarty, and the Pueblos of Laguna and Isleta police departments also plan to use the CNM academy, as do sheriff’s offices in Sandoval, Valencia and Torrance counties, and the 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The academy starts next fall.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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