Seventeen complaints were filed by members of the public, against Española Police Department officers in 2017, compared to only three compliments they received.
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The former Española Police Chief’s wife recently terminated her allegedly illegal contract with the city because of bad publicity.
Former mayor Alice Lucero...
On March 15, Española Mayor Javier Sanchez announced at an all-staff meeting, he was removing Raymond Romero as Española’s director of public safety...