Local law enforcement officials are sounding off about what some call a âterribleâ bill circulating its way through the state Legislature.
If signed into law, Senate Bill 227, introduced by Sen. Linda Lopez (D-Bernalillo), would establish a standard use-of-force policy for law enforcement agencies across New Mexico.
SB 227 would prohibit police officers and deputies from using physical force until theyâve exhausted de-escalation tactics and techniques and, even then, force must be proportionate to the situation.
It also forbids law enforcement from using deadly force against someone who is a threat only to themselves, restricts the ability to shoot at moving vehicles and bans the use of chokeholds, tear gas, rubber bullets and âshall not direct a dog to bite a person.â
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Suspect Porfirio Salazar, 34, of Albuquerque, is escorted from the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office to the Valencia County Detention Center on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (Julia M. Dendinger/Valencia County News-Bulletin)
An Albuquerque man is charged with two open counts of murder in connection with a double homicide in Valencia County in November.
Porfirio Salazar, 34, was taken into custody without incident during a traffic stop in Albuquerque on Friday, according to a news release from the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office.
Salazar is charged in the shooting deaths of brothers Erik Verto Rodriguez, 20, and Roque Alejandro Rodriguez, 23, both of Los Lunas. Investigators have identified Salazar as the brothers’ uncle by marriage.
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