A Safer Albuquerque

It’s time to make Albuquerque safe.

It’s time for a smart plan that intervenes before tragedy strikes, responds quickly and correctly, and prevents it from happening again.

As the former chief federal law enforcement officer for New Mexico, Alex is uniquely equipped to make our streets safe. We’ll modernize 911 so you get the right help fast—whether it’s police, medics, or mental health teams. We’ll put officers on the street where they’re needed. We’ll investigate serious crimes with urgency and an eye towards detaining dangerous individuals and securing substantial sentences. And we will expand proven programs like the Violence Intervention Program to reduce shootings and keep kids and families safe.

By fully funding Albuquerque Community Safety, we’ll send the right responders to non-violent calls and free up police to focus on serious crime. We’ll also work closely with the courts and state leaders to make sure people with mental health needs get care, not jail.

Together, we’ll build a public safety system that works better, responds faster, and keeps every neighborhood safe.

It’s time to reduce violent crime.

As U.S. Attorney, Alex spearheaded efforts to target the most violent offenders while building violence prevention and intervention efforts in the City. As mayor, Alex will implement a targeted, well-funded plan focuses on the City’s highest-risk areas and most violent offenders

    • Flatten the APD’s command structure to put more officers on the street.

    • Redeploy officers to permanent, neighborhood-based safety teams that live in and build relationships with the communities they patrol, and which establish a consistent and visible presence in crime hot spots.

    • Establish specialized groups with integrated victim advocates and peer support workers.

    • These groups will address related types of violent crime like child abuse, animal abuse, and domestic violence, or group and gang violence.

    • On the enforcement side, these groups will focus on proactive, detention- and conviction-focused investigations (robust social media and electronic investigations to produce detention packets and support for enhanced sentencing)

    • Enforcement will be combined with swift intervention strategies to address criminal behavior effectively and support victims and witnesses throughout the process.

    • Enhance the Real-Time Crime Center to create a joint county-wide operation, streamlining communication and enhancing our intelligence capabilities.

    • Invest in specialized personnel and social media monitoring to combat violent crime and trafficking effectively and in real-time.

    • Expand the Violence Intervention Program to proactively address violence identified by street sources and social media surveillance

    • Expand the VIP to all middle- and high-schools as a dispute resolution course.

    • Expand the VIP to address out-of-school juveniles.

It’s time for a unified public safety approach.

As U.S. Attorney, Alex marshaled all federal law enforcement resources from FBI, ATF, DEA, USMS, BP and HSI, and coordinated with countless local police departments and sheriffs. As mayor, Alex will foster collaboration county-wide between APD, AFD, ACS, BCFR, and BCSO.

    • Seamlessly integrate proactive ACS intervention work into APD’s criminal investigations, support systems into victim and witness relationships, and follow-up responsibilities across both agencies to prevent future crimes.

    • A unified county-wide dispatch system across APD, AFD, ACS, BCFR and BCSO so that no matter where you live, you will get the right response.

    • A Real Time Crime Center that serves the entire County and incorporates social media and electronic evidence exploitation.

    • Joint training modules for APD, ACS, and AFT to improve communication and operational efficiency

    • Reclassify dispatchers as first responders.

    • Train call-takers, to properly route mental health, homelessness, and non-violent calls.

    • Integrate RTCC intelligence to deliver the right help right on time.

    • Redeploy officers to permanent, neighborhood-based safety teams that live in and build relationships with the communities they patrol, and which establish a consistent and visible presence in crime hot spots.

    • Ensure data-based resource distribution across all public safety agencies to ensure our money is staffing our agencies proportionally to the emergencies they confront.

    • Utilize state funding and 2025 legislative frameworks in collaboration with the Administrative Office of the Courts, building a robust behavioral health system that ensures residents have access to essential mental health and substance use services.

It’s time for a fully funded ACS.

As a federal prosecutor, Alex helped establish the Violence Intervention Program and, as U.S. Attorney, Alex supported the Albuquerque Community Safety Department. ACS frees police to focus on violent and dangerous crimes and provides the right response to each crisis.

    • Operating 24/7, handling 100,000 calls for service per year—freeing up hundreds of APD hours for community policing, proactive investigations and violent crime response.

    • Expand mobile crisis teams with mental health professionals so armed officers aren't the default response to mental health crises.

    • Grow co-response units (ACS + APD) for specialized responses to domestic violence, child abuse, and group violence while ensuring detectives have bandwidth to close cases and support social workers can intervene before low-level frustrations become homicides.

    • Follow enforcement operations with swift prevention and intervention support for affected families and witnesses to head-off retaliation and provide ongoing support.

    • Create a re-entry services division of ACS to support those returning to our community from prison, ensuring access to housing, employment, and mental health care to support successful reintegration into society. Partner with community-based organizations that offer mentorship, peer support, and wraparound services. Coordinate with the Department of Corrections and Probation and Parole to begin the process during the final months of incarceration.

It’s time for diversion and re-entry.

As U.S. Attorney, Alex established the first federal re-entry court in New Mexico. As Mayor, Alex will strengthen diversion programs and support individuals returning from prison, so that we reduce crime, improve public safety, and ensure that people have the resources they need to build a better future.

    • Fully fund diversion programs that provide alternatives to jail for non-violent offenders, including mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, and job training.

    • First Chance Hiring Initiative: Give justice-involved young adults a real alternative to recidivism through city-supported jobs and wraparound services.

    • Expand re-entry services for individuals returning from prison, ensuring access to housing, employment, and mental health care to support successful reintegration into society.

    • Partner with local employers to create job opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals, breaking the cycle of poverty and recidivism.

    • Support community-based organizations that offer mentorship, peer support, and wraparound services to individuals navigating re-entry, helping them transition successfully and reduce the risk of reoffending.

    • Create a re-entry services division of ACS ensuring access to housing, employment, and mental health care to support successful reintegration into society. Partner with community-based organizations that offer mentorship, peer support, and wraparound services. Coordinate with the Department of Corrections and Probation and Parole to begin the process during the final months of incarceration.

It’s time for accountability.

As U.S. Attorney, Alex led the investigation and prosecution of thirty-years of corruption in APD’s DWI unit, while at the same time shepherding APD through historic progress on the Court Approved Consent Agreement (CASA). As Mayor, Alex will put people before power, support our dedicated officers in doing the right thing, and ensure all government operates with integrity.

    • Assist the civilian police oversight agency in having the resources and information to come to quicker conclusions.

    • Public-facing safety dashboard: track response times, civilian complaints and resolutions, use-of-force incidents, mental health crises outcomes, neighborhood surveys

    • Clear, public standards for officer misconduct from an objective discipline matrix

It’s time for comprehensive support.

It’s time to treat the causes of quality of life crimes and homelessness. Behavioral health and addiction touch every part of our city—from overwhelmed emergency rooms to law enforcement responses, to families trying to hold each other together. This crisis isn’t new, but it is urgent—and it will take all of us to build a system rooted in healing.

    • Build and staff community-based recovery centers to address immediate needs.

    • Build transitional housing and support through structured therapeutic residential communities with graduated levels of support and independence from day one through year five.

    • Train a civilian cadre of treatment providers to meet the need by subsidizing and providing free and subsidized certification and training.

    • Access state funding through the Administrative Office of the Courts to build a robust behavioral health system that ensures access to essential mental health and substance abuse services.