APD questions if they should have even been on the streets [Video]

SEVEN NEWS. WE ARE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING FROM LAST MONTH. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CHIEF HAROLD MEDINA JUST UPDATING REPORTERS. COREY HOWARD WAS THERE AND JOINS US LIVE. YEAH. THREE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, POLICE WERE INVOLVED IN ANOTHER SHOOTING, THIS TIME WITH ROBERTO PEREZ AND JOSHUA GARCIA, TWO PEOPLE WITH A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY. AND CHIEF MEDINA QUESTIONS WHETHER THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS TO BEGIN WITH. WE DEAL WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE PUBLIC TO BEGIN WITH. A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ARE OUT IN THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, ALBUQUERQUE POLICE RESPONDED TO CALLS ABOUT A STRING OF ARMED ROBBERIES. THE TWO SUSPECTS, ROBERTO PEREZ AND JOSHUA GARCIA. POLICE SAY AFTER ROBBING SEVERAL STORES, OFFICERS CAUGHT UP TO PEREZ AND GARCIA AS THEY SHOPLIFTED …