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Dispatch watch · Do calls to police go up during Balloon Fiesta?
This year, no. Burqueños called police about as often as any other week. But at night, police stops dropped by two-thirds.
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Ledger campaign · Albuquerque already shares its police calls. Ask your councilor to make them live.
The city posts APD's calls for service to a public record, but in batches. A letter asking your councilor for a live feed takes a minute.
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Dispatch watch · Calls to police from two blocks of Zuni Road more than tripled in August. Most were disturbance calls.
The 5500 and 5700 blocks of Zuni Road SE went from about 4.5 calls a week to about 15 after August 2, while the rest of Zuni Road held flat.
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Analysis · Car thefts topped the nation under a Republican and a Democrat. The mayor's party isn't the reason.
Researchers checked 3,254 mayoral elections in 398 cities from 1990 to 2021 and found no detectable party effect on crime, arrests or police spending.
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How to use it · See which Albuquerque neighborhoods had the biggest swings in police calls
It sets one week of calls, by kind and by neighborhood, against the four weeks before. A call is a report to police, not a crime found.
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How to use it · See why APD was called to your block. A guide to the Ledger's new Police Calls Map.
Zoom out to see where calls cluster. Zoom in and click a dot for the calls there. The city's feed behind it doesn't say what officers found.
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Dispatch watch · A short street south of Central near Tramway went from 2 police calls a week to 10 this summer. It stayed high through early September.
The 300 block of Whispering Sands Court SE drew 95 calls from July 5 to September 6, nearly all about a suspicious person or a disturbance. The Ledger does not yet know why.