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"An Albuquerque city councilor wants to give the people the option to elect their next police chief.Currently, the Albuquerque Police Department chief is appointed by the mayor.Councilor Ken Sanchez said he wants to add a charter amendment to make the police chief an elected position.\"I've spoken to our city attorney, and several cities across this country elect their police chief,\" Sanchez said.Not every city councilor agrees.\"I think that some discussions to some substantive changes to policy in APD is a discussion that I think is worth having,\" Councilor Dan Lewis said. \"Looking at the position, reacting to a certain individual for the position, I don't think is the way to go.\"Sanchez said he plans to add the charter amendment to a council meeting in August."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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