Alamogordo City Commission Meets 7/26/2022 at 6 pm Code Enforcement Update

The Alamogordo City Commission will be meeting in regular session Tuesday 6 p.m.

A copy of the deck on their presentation is below...

Code Enforcement Update 7-26-2022

Highlights include 461 Closed Cases

68 Complaints referred to Criminal Prosecution

1009 Notices of violations sent from the city from April 2022 to July 2022.

The Alamogordo Police Department will also be presenting...

Alamogordo Police Department Update

Highlights of the Police Update Include:

A shortage in police staffing continues to grow.

" NATIONAL AVERAGES OF LAW ENFORCENT IN SEVERAL COMMUNITES IS 2.4 UP TO 3.8 OFFICERS PER 1000 POPULATION, JUST DEPENDS ON THE CITY. SOME HIGHER, SOME LOWER.
APD OPERATES AT ABOUT 1.3 CERTIFIED OFFICERS PER 1000 POPULATION. IF WE
WERE TO OPERATE AT THE LOWER END OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, WE SHOULD
HAVE 72 OFFICERS. WE ARE POLICING OUR COMMUNITY WITH ABOUT HALF OF
THAT NUMBER."

There have been 87 shots fired calls this year so far.

Drug related arrests are down significantly but the murder rate is trending upward.

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