A new APD team is collecting video evidence, saving crucial time for detectives as they investigate crimes. The initiative is helping detectives take advantage of the growing number people who have surveillance video for security for their homes and businesses. The Digital Image and Video Recovery Team (DIVRT) has received 400 requests for video evidence since the January launch of the program. “Most home and business owners want to help us with video evidence,” said APD Deputy Chief Art Gonzale

Officers in the Valley Area Command are trying to take an armed suspect into custody at a property in the 400 block of Roma Ave., S.E. The suspect is barricaded on the property. There are reports of at least one shot fired during a foot pursuit prior to the suspect entering the property. After a few hours SWAT was involved in an officer involved shooting and left the man dead. | ABQ RAW

Drag racing remains an issue in Albuquerque that APD is working to tackle with increased enforcement. Last night’s school bus crash is a prime example of the dangers of drag racing and reckless driving. On February 22, Joshua Ashford, 20, was arrested after an officer in the northeast stopped him for drag racing. The officer observed a white Chevy Camaro and a blue Subaru drag racing while traveling westbound on Menaul Blvd. N.E. and Louisiana Blvd. N.E. The officer attempted to stop both vehicl