EIS lists cops who may cause trouble

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE – It’s supposed to help officers before they go too far and weed out those who aren’t cut out for the job. Albuquerque Police Department's early intervention system or EIS tracks officers who may be on the wrong path or cops who need some extra attention.

"The EIS system is to identify those officers or employees that might show a trend towards misconduct," said Lt. Mike Miller with APD. There are 55 officers on the list right currently and APD hopes extra supervision can get those officers back on track.

There are certain incidents that land a cop on the EIS; anything from missing court, to use of force. Officers are kept on the list for a rolling 12 month period. But recently, the EIS, run by the internal affairs department, added a new threshold on when an officer needs to be put on the list.

The change was prompted when the city received a PERF report (Police Executive Research Forum two years ago. The report, which came from a law enforcement think tank, recommended 40 ways APD could get better and less violent.

"If the employee has three use(s of force in that rolling 12 month period they come up on this early intervention system," said Miller. "Once we implemented the new change with the PERF, we did see a rise." That rise was in the number of cops on the list.      It's unclear why those 55 officers are on the list however we do know some of them have been in the news before, such as:

• Victor Grossetete shot a thief who had shot at him first in 2009.
• Connor Rice was recently charged with battery for overusing his taser on a suspect.
• Gregory Donofrio just resigned after he was suspended for letting a pair of feuding neighbors fight it out in front of him.

APD says some officers on the list can be victims of their assignments; saying an officer who works graveyard shift in a high-crime area, is more likely to have a run-in with a suspect:

• Aaron Zwicky shot a man who had kidnapped two women in 2010.
• Louie Armijo was just commended for talking down a man holding a rifle; a man who wanted to be shot by cops.
• Jeremy Dear was praised for rescuing starving horses this summer.

Lt. Miller says the program is working and that having a commander talk to an officer is usually all it takes.

"We’ve had a lot of success in identifying some of those people who have higher than normal incidences and taking the corrective action and making sure they are doing the best thing they can," said Miller.

The Albuquerque Police Department is taking steps with officers on the early intervention list, giving them additional training or have a supervisor shadow them on the job.

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