Retired Police Officer Enters Mayor’s Race

Albuquerque, NM— In the days of community-oriented policing, officers would often have “field briefings” in neighborhoods needing a strong presence of order. As a retired Senior Sergeant of the APD, Paul Heh will announce his candidacy for mayor with such a field briefing. But this time Paul will hold the briefing at the location of the epicenter of the City’s need for order: City Hall. Please join him and his supporters when he announces his candidacy this Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Noon!

Paul’s platform consists of a restoration to the basic pillars of sound government: Accountability, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Accessibility, Education, and Ownership. “The Berry administration abandoned these basic principles and we are all paying for it. We are paying for it as a city as we see the evidence of his mismanagement: From DOJ’s fully comprehensive investigation into APD, spiraling private sector job losses, stagnant economic growth, and growing city expenses while city employees retire as soon as they can. All of this in a region where other cities have been prospering.”

“Everywhere I go people tell me enough is enough. And I agree. Never have I ever seen such a lack ownership by those who are supposed to be our leaders. If the citizens see this, you can be sure that businesses see this. Having the state’s largest police department being investigated by the Feds is not something that attracts business or families. The Berry Administration’s unwillingness to own self-created problems and its avoidance of accepting responsibility is not something to model to our city’s children. Hiding when the lights get turned on exposing misconduct and cover ups is not conducive to restoring trust with our citizens.”

Paul Heh is a retired police sergeant with over 24 years of experience as an Albuquerque street cop and supervisor. Paul spent much of his career fighting drug crime and DWI offenders. He spent the majority of his career working the graveyard shift arresting thousands of offenders and helping tens of thousands of citizens. Then after work he was in court most of the day making sure justice was served. Paul is not a professional politician and knows first-hand the stresses families endure when faced with financial hardship or family members in crisis.

“I will bring to city hall what it needs most of all: honor and hard work. Enough is enough, we cannot move forward until we accept the reality that most of the problems now facing Albuquerque began on the 11^th floor of city hall, and the 5^th floor of APD’s main police station.”