Posted on 12/07/2022 3:26:35 PM PST by CedarDave
Not all of New Mexico is a crime ridden hell hole.
My little town - Rio Rancho - has the lowest crime rate for any city of over 100,000 people in CA, AZ, NV, CO, NM and/or TX.
My little neighborhood has the highest percentage of LEO residents in the state. I live next door to a Bernalillo County Sheriffs officer and across the street from a Rio Rancho PD officer.
This is not to say we don’t have our issues - we actually had SWAT respond to two domestic disturbances in the past two months within blocks of my house - but in both cases they were renters and are no longer residents of the neighborhood.
At a recent Chamber luncheon crime came up for discussion. Specifically, why Albuquerque has such issues and Rio Rancho does not. It seems that Rio Rancho residents support and cooperate with our boys in blue and Albuquerque residents more often than not are adversarial.
Do I have to point out that Rio Rancho votes heavily Republican and Albuquerque votes heavily Democrat?
“Do I have to point out that Rio Rancho votes heavily Republican and Albuquerque votes heavily Democrat?”
Nope.
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