Union: Albuquerque Officers Aren’t Applying For Sergeant

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque police union says staffing troubles aren't just at the recruitment level, and that officers aren't applying for leadership roles. KOB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2dbgpid ) that the Albuquerque Police Department has about 800 personnel working at a department that needs more than 1,000 and that now union leaders say there's a leadership shortage as well. Officer's union President Shaun Willoughby says Department of Justice regulations have made it harder for officers to become sergeants and also have made the workload unappealing. Willoughby says the pay increase from officer first class of only about $4 an hour and that it involves a lot more work. Willoughby says an average 105 officers apply for sergeant at APD each year but only 45 have applied so far in 2016.