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Despite the state spending more than $22 million to deploy hundreds of New Mexico National Guard members into the Espa帽ola area and parts of Albuquerque as part of a public safety emergency, a recent analysis found the operations had not shown 鈥渃lear impacts on crime.鈥�

A found that 鈥渃rime metrics have not changed much鈥� in Albuquerque, while in Rio Arriba County crime rates have not been reported to back up any meaningful impacts of the deployment.

鈥淚n addition, outstanding warrants have remained steady, and calls for service to county dispatch are up. While the state has invested in crime reduction, the efforts so far have not yielded measurable results,鈥� according to the report.

The law enforcement leaders at the helm during the Operation Zia Shield deployments in Albuquerque and Espa帽ola begged to differ, saying the servicemembers freed up officers to fight crime. A Guard spokesperson said servicemembers 鈥� unarmed and without enforcement authority 鈥� clocked over 12,000 man hours in Albuquerque and over 9,600 hours up north, where they are still deployed.

The deployments were spurred months apart by executive orders signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that aimed to address public safety challenges, specifically drug trafficking and violent crime. 

The Department of Military Affairs, which oversees the state National Guard, accounted for most of the deployments spending $17.1 million and a sizable share came from the Department of Public Safety, which utilized $4.5 million of its budget to support the operations, including $3.3 million in overtime for New Mexico State Police officers, $472,000 for operational needs, like travel and lodging, and $800,000 for equipment. 

In Albuquerque, crime stats provided by the police department showed a decrease in crimes like aggravated assault and auto theft in parts of the city where the servicemembers were deployed from June to December. In Espa帽ola and Rio Arriba County, where the Guard deployed in October and remains active, such data was unavailable.

LFC analysts found that, with crime already trending downward across the country, they were unable to say the roughly $22.9 million investment had any impacts that were clearly measurable for the state 鈥� which for years has had violent and property crime rates well above the national average.

In a statement Tuesday, Lujan Grisham鈥檚 office said Rio Arriba County overdose deaths and related emergency room visits dropped 41% and 48%, respectively, since the deployment began, adding 鈥渢hese are the clearest signs that the coordinated response is doing what the emergency declaration was designed to do.鈥�

LFC analysts pointed out that the county already had the highest overdose death rate statewide and, , saw 48% and 81% spikes in overdose deaths and emergency room visits, respectively, in the first part of 2025, possibly linked to higher-potency fentanyl.

While the 近距离内射合集 States has seen drug overdose deaths decline, , New Mexico has seen them spike to their highest levels as of February.

Lujan Grisham鈥檚 office said the LFC report did not include more recent 鈥渢ask force enforcement鈥� numbers, saying 鈥渏oint agencies鈥� in Rio Arriba County arrested more than 3,600 people, seized 219 firearms and recovered 103 stolen vehicles. 

The statement said the operations in Albuquerque were different and the servicemembers 鈥減layed a more supportive role across a range of functions.鈥� On East Central, according to the statement, the operation led to more than 1,018 cases filed. 

鈥淭his is only a fraction of what we could have accomplished if we had the same level of local commitment in Albuquerque as we do in Rio Arriba,鈥� according to the statement, echoing a prior criticism. 鈥淭hat commitment, paired with a joint effort on collecting data, leads to successful operations.鈥�

Lujan Grisham鈥檚 office said the millions in funding reflects her commitment to protect communities 鈥渇rom the toll of drug trafficking and violent crime.鈥�

In a statement, a spokesperson for Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller鈥檚 Office said, 鈥淲e understand that different folks had different ideas of what the purpose of the Guard was, for us it was clearly stated, to be civilian support for Albuquerque police. Guard personnel were very helpful in handling support functions that did not require sworn officers, allowing APD officers to remain focused on law enforcement and crime reduction.鈥�

Shaun Willoughby, Albuquerque police union president, said the Guard was a 鈥渢emporary fix to a permanent problem鈥� of an understaffed police force.

鈥淚s the juice worth the squeeze?鈥� He said. 鈥淲ouldn鈥檛 that $20 million be better spent on a massive national recruiting effort?鈥�

Willoughby said attributing lowering crime rates to the servicemembers, who were 鈥渆xtremely limited鈥� in their abilities, made 鈥渘o common sense.鈥�

鈥淚t's going to be on the backs of the hardworking men and women of this police department, not on the National Guard,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd anybody that says that they are responsible for bringing crime down, it's just a bold-faced lie.鈥�

鈥楩undamental mission鈥�

State National Guard spokesperson Hank Minitrez said at the peak there were 150 servicemembers deployed to Albuquerque, largely relegated to East Central. He said the 鈥淓spa帽ola mission,鈥� which includes surrounding areas of Rio Arriba County, currently has 48 servicemembers assigned.

Minitrez said the only differences between the two deployments 鈥渋nvolve uniform and local operational requirements.鈥�

In Albuquerque, the Guard wore black polos, body armor and khaki pants. In the Espa帽ola area, they wore standard Army or Air Force camo uniforms with body armor. Servicemembers did not carry guns for either deployment.

鈥淭he fundamental mission remains the same: support local law enforcement by performing duties that do not require a sworn law enforcement officer,鈥� Minitrez said, including providing traffic control, offering medical assistance and assisting prosecutors with 鈥渂ack-office support.鈥�

He said the Guard also conducted vehicle and foot patrols 鈥渢o provide an additional visible presence鈥� and identify suspicious activity. Minitrez said, in the Espa帽ola area, those efforts led to 81 arrests where servicemembers directly assisted in reporting a crime or finding a suspect.

Minitrez said there is no official end date for the Rio Arriba County deployment.

Espa帽ola Police Chief Jack Jones called the Guard "magnificent."

Jones said, at any given time, there are eight to 12 servicemembers in Espa帽ola. They hold perimeters for special events like Fiestas and patrol high-crime areas.

鈥淭hey identify things that look out of the ordinary, and they call us, and we go,鈥� Jones said. He said the Guard was a great help during a recent bosque fire, helping people evacuate and blocking roads.

Jones did not have comparable data but said the deployment had shown results, like a 74% increase in arrests 鈥� not a measure used to reflect increases or decreases in crime.

鈥淚t's not that crime has gone away. It's just we don't have the crime that we had,鈥� he said.

Jones, who lives in Albuquerque and travels to Espa帽ola for work, said he knows both areas well and 鈥淎lbuquerque is not in crisis.鈥�

鈥淭he only crisis is a made-up crisis with the homeless population,鈥� he said.

Retired Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said the governor鈥檚 criticism came from a failure to get the unhoused off the sidewalks of East Central.

鈥淚t didn't fix the visualization 鈥� people seeing unhoused people, because they're still unhoused,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here was a thought process that by enforcing laws it was going to clear up the homeless鈥� which I knew it wasn't going to do.鈥�

Medina said he orchestrated the way the Guard was deployed in the city and stands by the choices he made, including no uniforms and no enforcement capabilities.

Medina said the biggest accomplishment of the operation was having servicemembers block off accident scenes and work airport security to 鈥渇ree up a gun and badge to do gun and badge work.鈥�

He said it was regrettable that the focus of the Albuquerque deployment fell onto the governor鈥檚 statements and political beefs. Medina said the servicemembers 鈥渨ere the ones in the streets.鈥�