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FOOTHILLSAREA COMMANDTim GontermanCommander“The Foothills Area Commandstands united with thecommunity we serve.”Area Command Location:12,800 Lomas Blvd. NEGeographical Area:92.25 Square MilesThe Foothills Area Commandworked hard to maintain andimprove the quality of life forFoothills residents. The effortincluded completing over 1,000felony arrests and over 1,500misdemeanor arrests in 2013.Foothills officers responded to morethan 44,000 calls for service andwrote about 9,000 reports.Area Command staff conducted13 POP projects, including manytactical operations driven by crimeanalysis data, officer-directedactivities, and crime preventionneeds. CNAU and the Safe CityStrike Force also closed severalnuisance properties within the areacommand as well.On January 13, Officer J. Mares wasdispatched in response to a reportof a small child found walking onTramway Boulevard. The five-yearoldwas only wearing pajamas andno shoes or socks. At the time thecall was received, the temperaturewas eight degrees. Officers Maresand Padilla wrapped the child in ablanket and warmed him in a policevehicle. Officer Mares was able totalk with the child and follow thechild’s directions back to his homelocated about a mile away. Theofficers determined that the childwas left home alone and ended upoutside after his mother left for workin an attempt to follow her. The childwas transported to the hospital forfurther observation.The Singing Arrow RevitalizationProject continued to move forward.Sergeant Simmons worked closelywith area apartment managers,Crime-Free Multi-HousingCoordinator J. Garcia, and AnalystK. Clough to provide resources,information and support. A warrantmaster list for Singing Arrow wasdeveloped and a sweep wasconducted, resulting in reduced callsfor service due to the removal of28offenders and an increased policepresence. Officers also addressedabandoned vehicles and vehiclesillegally parked for sale within thearea.On January 15, Foothills ImpactDetectives J. Jones, B. Lund,J. Gonterman, and M. Timmcollaborated with APD SWAT and theAPD Gang Unit to execute a searchand arrest warrant. The subject wasarrested for the possession of astolen shotgun from the Magdalena,NM, Police Department. A search ofthe home yielded three stolen laptopcomputers from three separateburglaries and over $10,000 inelectronic diagnostic equipment.On March 19, Lieutenant L. Sanchez,SWAT, Gang Unit, ERT, OfficersD. Myers, H. Gunderson, J. Stott,and Sergeant R. Miller respondedto assist members of the Gang Unitwho were attempting to apprehendsuspects that were wanted in theshooting of an APD officer. Thesuspects were barricaded in anapartment and shots were fired atofficers at the scene. Eventually, onesuspect surrendered and the otherwas shot and incapacitated by a NewMexico State Police SWAT member.On March 19, Officer B. Wesenbergresponded to a suspicious personcall. When he arrived on scene hefound a female subject who hada laceration to her neck. Rescuepersonnel arrived on scene andbegan to treat the woman. Whentold by paramedics she would haveto go to the hospital, she jumped upand ran toward the balcony. OfficerWesenberg chased the womanand was able to catch her as shehit the balcony fence. The womanwas transported to the hospital fora mental health evaluation. It waslater discovered that in his attempt tostop the woman, Officer Wesenbergbroke his own lower leg.
SOUTHWESTAREA COMMANDThe Southwest Area Commandfocused on decreasing propertycrimes through increased patrols,saturation patrols and tactical plansimplemented by the Impact Teamand deployment of the ETS baitvehicles.The Southwest Area Commandconducted a six-month-long POPproject that focused directly onreducing the number of residentialburglaries in Beat 124. The tacticalplan made use of numerousdepartmental resources includingSWAT, Horse Mounted Unit, BurglaryUnit, NITe Detectives, CrimePrevention staff, the SouthwestImpact Team, bike units, patrolofficers, Air Support Unit, NarcoticsUnit, and bait items. Officer andstaff went door-to-door, passingout flyers to two neighborhoodsand mailed out flyers to propertycrime victims. A booth was set upand crime prevention informationwas distributed at three differentlocations in the area command. Twoneighborhood meetings were heldto promote neighborhood watchprograms. The crime rate and thenumbers of burglaries within the areacommand dropped.In 2013, Southwest Area Commandofficers conducted close to 200individual tactical plans that focusedon traffic issues, neighbor andbusinesses complaints /concerns,and homeless issues. Officers issuedhundreds of citations and madecontact with business owners andcitizens.The Southwest Area Commandpurchased ETS bait equipment. Thebait equipment has been regularlydeployed in locations determined tobe “hotspot” areas of property crime.Utilizing crime statistics from CrimePrevention Specialist B. Jacksonand maps from the Real Time CrimeCenter, the bait vehicles weredeployed at a location for 1-2 weeks.The Southwest Impact Team has twovehicles to deploy as bait vehicles.Both vehicles are equipped withcameras which are motion activatedand positioned in such a way as tocapture images of the offender in thefront area of the vehicle.Using the new Omega Dashboardsystem, not only were totals ofproperty crimes supplied to theSouthwest Impact Team, but alsohot spot locations, times and repeatlocations which led to successfulplacement of bait cars and moreefficient assignment of detectives.The APD Horse Mounted Unit wassuccessfully paired with the OpenSpace Unit, which has allowed theirunique skills to be fully utilized inserving the community. In additionto providing a unique patrolperspective, increased communitysafety, and outstanding publicrelations, the Horse Mounted Unitis now able to serve the communityby assisting search and rescueoperations. The horses providespeed and capability not previouslyavailable to search and rescueoperations.The Open Space Unit led 34 searchor recovery operations in 2013.The Unit’s expertise saved the livesof dozens of people and returnedmany people to their families. Halfof the missions were conductedwithin City-owned open space; theremainder were assisting other localagencies with specific expertise. TheOpen Space Unit aided AlbuquerqueMountain Rescue; Cibola MountainRescue; BCSO; BCFD; IsletaPueblo; Sandia Pueblo; Los LunasPolice Department; Sandoval CountySheriff’s Office; the New MexicoState Police; New Mexico Gameand Fish; and the U.S. ForestryDepartment.29Harold MedinaCommander“There is no substitute for hardwork.”Area Command Location:6504 Los Volcanes Rd. NWGeographical Area:30.99 Square Miles
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