ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office said that, based on information from the feds, they placed former Albuquerque Police Department officer Steve Hindi on the Giglio list of officers whose credibility is compromised. He joins 13 other officers from APD, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, and New Mexico State police, whose credibility issues are tied to the long-running criminal scheme, in which officers took bribes to sabotage DWI cases. At this point, he has not been charged. Hindi worked on and off for APD starting in 1980.
Related Coverage:
- Albuquerque police officer fired in 2016 now tied to DWI corruption scandal
- DWI corruption case: Why can’t we see officers plead guilty in federal court?
- ‘We’re not done yet’: FBI discusses future of DWI scandal as another APD officer takes a plea
- Take a look at the plea deals in New Mexico’s DWI scandal
- Attorney implicated in DWI scheme not arguing against license suspension
The department fired him in December 2015 after he tried to intimidate an investigator with the Civilian Police Oversight Agency over a complaint against him.
Court records show that in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Hindi had more than 50 cases with defense attorney Thomas Clear III, who admitted to being the ringleader of the criminal scheme. Two-thirds of those cases were dismissed.
