Dozens Of Officers Still Waiting For Rulings On Shootings

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of Albuquerque law enforcement officers are still waiting to hear if they will be charged with a crime in the wake of shootings that occurred as long as three years ago. The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2aUw1Dt ) that the Bernalillo County District Attorney's office has a backlog of nearly 40 pending cases dating back to 2013 where law enforcement officers shot, or shot at, someone awaiting a decision of if the officer was justified in doing so. In that time period 11 shootings by police have been ruled justified and in one case the shooting was criminal. District Attorney Kari Brandenburg says the large backlog stems from the high number of police shootings in Bernalillo County and new case management rules implemented by the state supreme court.