Police

LAPD Dispatcher Ulises Nieto Graduates Academy’s Telecommunication Course

April 22, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Los Alamos County Police Dispatch Supervisor Kate Stoddard, Dispatcher Ulises Nieto and Police Chief Dino Sgambellone. Courtesy/LAPD

LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department is proud to announce that Dispatcher Ulises Gabriel Nieto graduated April 18 from the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Telecommunication Course.

Dispatcher Nieto has been employed with the Los Alamos Police Department for one year and continues to be a great asset to the department. Nieto will be assigned to a shift and begin working in the Communications Center at the Los Alamos Police Station assisting with Read More

Los Alamos Police Host Drug Take-Back Saturday

April 21, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Former LAPD Ofc. Robert Girmendonk poses next to 332 pounds of prescription drugs collected April 27, 2013. Photo by Det. Sgt. Oliver Morris

LAPD News:

Officers with the Los Alamos Police Department are hosting a Prescription Drug Take-Back Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at the following locations:

Site 1: Los Alamos Medical Center Parking Lot; and

Site 2: White Rock Visitors Center Parking Lot.

Note: Needles will not be accepted.

LAPD is coordinating its events Saturday to coincide with the 8th annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. After collecting more than 1,700

Major Fun Underway At Today’s 2014 LAYL Wild Day

April 19, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Today is the Los Alamos Youth Leadership’s 2014 Wild Day LA event at Los Alamos High School. LAYL hosts Wild Day LA once a year for Kindergarten through 6th grade students and includes art, outdoor activities, team challenges and spending time with youth mentors. LAYL is a youth leadership program for high school students, which begins in August and ends in April of each year. Students build relationships with family and friends, and increase their confidence. Teams design, plan and implement projects that benefit the community throughout the year. Click here to learn more. Photo Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: April 11 To April 17, 2014

April 17, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

April 11 at 3:53 p.m. / A 92-year-old Los Alamos man reported that he was the \victim of larceny on El Conejo. The estimated loss is less than $250.

April 11 at 6:08 p.m. / A 56-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that she was battered by a household member on Ridgecrest Avenue.

BRIANNE KARADAEMA

April 11 at 7:15 p.m. / Police arrested Brianne Karadaema, 32, of Taos at 434 Ridgecrest Ave., and charged Read More

Rep. Lujan Grisham Urges APD to Accept All DOJ Recommendations

April 11, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham

STATE News:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement in response to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the Albuquerque Police Department.

“The Albuquerque community has waited a long time – too long – for someone to acknowledge and take decisive action against the violence we’re all witnessing. The DOJ has confirmed longstanding allegations that the department has used excessive force and violated civil rights.

“After being briefed by the DOJ, I am confident that we are headed toward a court-enforced Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: April 3 To April 9, 2014

April 10, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

JONATHON KLEBESADEL

April 3 at 10:30 a.m. / Police arrested Jonathon Klebesadel, 22, of Los Alamos at 1203 9th St., and charged him with possession of marijuana.

JORDAN MILLER

April 3 at 10:30 a.m. / Police arrested Jordan Miller, 19, of Los Alamos at 1203 9th St., and charged her with possession of marijuana.

April 4 at 7:48 a.m. / A 42-year-old Velarde woman reported that Read More

Los Alamos Police Issue Fraud Alert

April 10, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

POLICE Alert:

It has come to the attention of the Los Alamos County Police Department that a male using various names is posing as a police officer of Los Alamos County, Santa Fe County and other police agencies. The male is calling residences, usually home phones, using different stories coercing the people he is calling into transferring money to him over the phone or computer.

The common false stories he is using include:

“You have missed court or mandatory jury duty and now have a warrant for your arrest.”
“We have your son/daughter/grandchild/spouse in custody and in

Letter to the Editor: Do Not Criticize Your Neighbor

April 4, 2014 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

By WENDY HOFFMAN

Los Alamos/Albuquerque

To those of you who are “on board” with the anti-APD protests in Albuquerque: If you’ve never ridden with a policeman or policewoman on patrol, do not criticize. You cannot imagine the stress of a job (for the officer or his/her family) in which any given encounter can be a death threat.

Mr. (Khal) Spencer is correct in citing the broken behavioral health system as one factor in the tragic death of Mr. Boyd, but the ill-advised protests did nothing to help the situation and could wreak long-term adverse consequences. (See Spencer’s Read More