Create And Track Police Department History
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Officer Cedric Greer was fired and criminally convicted for a 2015 incident in which he turned off his body camera and beat a man during a call; a cadet witnessed Greer punch and injure a homeless suspect, leading to Greer’s arrest for aggravated battery and a plea deal that ended his law enforcement career:contentReference[oaicite:16]{index=16}.
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Officer Pablo Padilla resigned from APD after a 2014 traffic stop in which he kneed a DWI suspect (a UNew Mexico law student) in the groin so hard it ruptured the man’s testicle; Padilla was charged with aggravated battery and evidence tampering for the excessive force and for seizing and deleting a bystander’s video of […]
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Officer Jeremy Dear was fired in December 2014 for repeatedly violating camera policy – notably, his body camera was off when he shot and killed 19-year-old Mary Hawkes during a foot chase; the lack of footage and his history of not recording encounters prompted his termination and a wrongful death lawsuit by Hawkes’ family:contentReference[oaicite:19]{index=19}:contentReference[oaicite:20]{index=20}.
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Lt. Kyle Curtis was put on administrative leave in Jan 2025 as part of the DWI scandal; he is one of several APD officers whose alleged role in the years-long bribery scheme (accepting money in exchange for not prosecuting DWI offenders) led to disciplinary action:contentReference[oaicite:13]{index=13}.
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Lt. Matthew Chavez was relieved of duty in Jan 2025 due to the DWI case dismissal scandal; he is suspected of participating in the conspiracy within APD’s DWI Unit to pocket bribes and intentionally undermine DWI prosecutions, a serious misconduct case under federal investigation:contentReference[oaicite:14]{index=14}.
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Retired Officer Timothy McCarson was publicly named in Jan 2025 as having been involved in the APD DWI bribery scheme; although he had already retired, he was added to the Brady-Giglio list for credibility issues stemming from the scandal, which highlighted extensive corruption in the unit:contentReference[oaicite:15]{index=15}.
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Deputy Commander Gustavo Gomez was placed on leave in Oct 2024 amid the expanding DWI bribery probe; he was accused of involvement in the systemic scheme where officers profited by sabotaging their own DWI cases, an allegation under both FBI and internal investigation:contentReference[oaicite:12]{index=12}.
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Officer Joshua Montaño was a central figure in the APD DWI extortion scheme; he resigned in March 2024 and later pleaded guilty in Feb 2025 to numerous federal counts of bribery after admitting he took cash payments in exchange for getting DWI charges dropped:contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}:contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}.
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Officer Daren DeAguero resigned in April 2024 as part of the internal investigation into the DWI court corruption conspiracy; he was identified as one of the APD officers who allegedly accepted bribes to derail DWI cases, a violation now subject to federal and internal discipline:contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}.
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Lt. Justin Hunt resigned in Feb 2024 amid a federal investigation into a long-running DWI case bribery scheme; he was one of several APD officers accused of conspiring with a defense attorney to have DWI charges dismissed in exchange for bribes, a scheme under FBI scrutiny:contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}.
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Commander Mark Landavazo was placed on administrative leave in Feb 2024 and subsequently fired in Aug 2024 in connection with the DWI corruption scandal; investigators alleged he participated in or enabled the scheme where officers failed to appear in court to get DWI cases tossed for bribes:contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.