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In an attempt to encourage more people of color, and Black women in particular, to consider careers in the Albuquerque Police Department, the local chapter of the NAACP is hosting a recruitment forum.
It will be held 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 26, at the University of New Mexico’s Continuing Education Building, 1634 University NE. Speakers will include representatives of APD, FBI, the Mayor’s Office and prominent members of the community.
“A lot of people offer criticism, complaints and point fingers at law enforcement, so the NAACP wants to take a positive approach and provide constructive solutions to APD’s low number of officers, and to make sure that their workforce is diverse,” said Albuquerque NAACP President Harold Bailey.
Of 927 sworn APD officers, 27 are Black, or 2.9%, and none of them are women, said Nichole Rogers of the Office of Black Community Engagement, which is part of the city’s Office of Equity and Inclusion.
There are smaller numbers of officers who identify as American Indian or Native Alaskan, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and multi-cultural, meaning two or more races. Among these groups there are 11 women, Rogers said.
Hispanics account for 414 of the department’s sworn officers, and 77 of them are women; while there are 431 white officers, with 49 women among them, she said.
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