When the Justice Department in 2012 began investigating Albuquerque police, it found a department unaccountable to the city it served.Over four years, police had fatally shot 20 people, including a mentally ill Hispanic man struck three times in the back outside his home. Justice officials discovered a pattern of unconstitutional and excessive use of force, and a civilian oversight office that had “simply been too forgiving of the department’s use of deadly force.”Federal authorities demanded a wide range of reforms from the city — including a new civilian oversight agency with greater...…When the Justice Department in 2012 began investigating Albuquerque police, it found a department unaccountable to the city it served.Over four years, police had fatally shot 20 people, including a mentally ill Hispanic man struck three times in the back outside his home. Justice officials discovered a pattern of unconstitutional and excessive use of force, and a civilian oversight office that had “simply been too forgiving of the department’s use of deadly force.”Federal authorities demanded a wide range of reforms from the city — including a new civilian oversight agency with greater...WW…