New Mexico’s governor has authorized the National Guard to deploy to Albuquerque because of a “significant increase in crime” there, her office said on April 8.
A surge in crime in recent years in the state’s most populous city has burdened the Albuquerque Police Department (APD), requiring its officers to focus on suppressing crime, “limiting their ability to perform other essential public safety functions,” New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in an executive order declaring a crime emergency in the city.
