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QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT AN EX
STATE COP DID
AND WHAT HE'S
DOING NOW.
GOOD EVENING.
HE WAS A STATE
COP WHEN A
LAWSUIT CLAIMS
HE SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED A DWI
SUSPECT -- AND
THEN CALLED HER
CONSTANTLY.
WHILE HE'S BEING
SUED ... AND THE
STATE LAW
ENFORCEMENT
BOARD IS
LOOKING TO SEE
IF HE SHOULD
WEAR A BADGE ...
ANOTHER POLICE
DEPARTMENT
HIRED HIM
ANYWAY.
HERE'S NEWS 13'S
CRYSTAL
GUTIERREZ.
***, JESSICA.
IT'S A HIRE THAT
HAS SANTA FE'S
CHIEF OF POLICE
BACK-
PEDALING...AND
ORDERING HIS
INVESTIGATORS
TO LOOK FURTHER
INTO OFFICER
CARLOS
SALAZAR'S PAST
...EVEN THOUGH
HE'S ALREADY ON
THE FORCE.
.chief raeil00.19 former
state police officer
Carlos Salazar is he
currently with your
department? yes he is
00.24
POLICE CHIEF
RAYMOND RAEL
SAYS -- CARLOS
SALAZAR HAS
ONLY BEEN WITH
THE
DEPARTMENT FOR
ABOUT A MONTH..
BUT HE'S
ALREADY BEING
INVESTIGATED BY
THE DEPARTMENT.
FOR WHAT
BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATORS
DID NOT FIND
BEFORE HE WAS
HIRED.
chief rael .7.17 had i
known the extent of
the situation and the
referral to the academy
i probably would not
have extended the
offer of hire 7.26
SALAZAR WAS
RECENTLY
ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING A
WOMAN HE
ARRESTED FOR
D-W-I IN 2010 -- IN
THE BATHROOM
OF STATE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS IN
ALBUQUERQUE..
THE WOMAN SAYS
HE EXPOSED
HIMSELF...
TOUCHED HER
*** ....AND
ASKED FOR
*** FAVORS.
RAEL SAYS HE
KNEW ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION...B
UT...
.chief rael 7.11 i had no
clue of the depth of the
allegations
SALAZAR WAS
SUSPENDED THIS
SUMMER AND
THEN QUIT.
BUT STATE
POLICE SAY THE
D-A DID NOT
CHARGE HIM
BECAUSE OF A
LACK OF
EVIDENCE.
HOWEVER -
THERE'S STILL A
LAWSUIT AGAINST
SALAZAR -- THAT
RAEL SAYS HE
DIDN'T HEAR
ABOUT UNTIL
RECENTLY --
ADDING HE
SHOULD HAVE.
chief rael 5.31 do you
guys look at civil
lawsuits when it
comes to background
checks? my
background
investigators are
certainly supposed to
yes 5.37
IF THEY HAD..
HE MAY HAVE
HEARD THIS..
18.25.16 this is carlos
salazar, calling you
from state police in
albuquerque 18.25.21
PHONE CALLS
FROM SALAZAR TO
THE WOMAN HE
ARRESTED FOR
D-W-I ...OFFERING
A FAVOR
.phone call 18.27.39 im
going to see if i can
help you out, to see if
we can get it
dismissed 18.27.45
phone call.18.34.05
you and i kind of hit it
off that night and i felt
bad for you and i just
want to help you
18.34.10
phone call.18.34.26 call
me and let me know
what happened in
court. okay, sounds
good. Don't tell them
...if you talk to
anybody, don't tell
anybody I talked to
you to about it
18.34.35
SALAZAR SENT US
THIS STATEMENT --
"I ABSOLUTELY
DID NOT DO WHAT
THAT WOMAN
CLAIMS, SAYING
HE PASSED A
POLYGRAPH TEST
AND AN
INVESTIGATION.
HE ADDED..THAT
HE MADE A
MISTAKE BY
DISMISSING HER
CASE AND WAS
DISCIPLINED FOR
THAT."
THE WOMAN'S
ATTORNEY SAYS --
THE DISMISSAL
AND PHONE CALLS
ALONE ARE
UNETHICAL AND
SHOULD HAVE
COST HIM HIS
CAREER.
ADDING --
SOMETHING
INAPPROPRIATE
HAPPENED IN THE
STATION THAT
NIGHT.
.rick sandoval 14.20
what did he mean by
that -- he thought they
hit it off great when
she was under arrest
and intoxicated
allegedly 14.30
SANTA FE POLICE
CHIEF RAEL SAYS
HE ONLY LEARNED
THAT THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT
ACADEMY BOARD
IS INVESTIGATING
SALAZAR AFTER
HE HIRED HIM.
HE DID NOT KNOW
THE SPECIFICS OF
THAT
INVESTIGATION....A
ND THE LEA DID
NOT GET BACK TO
TODAY.
BACK TO YOU.
OKAY CRYSTAL.
WE LEARNED THE
SANTA FE POLICE
OFFICER WHO
REVIEWED
SALAZAR'S
BACKGROUND HAS
NOW MOVED ON
TO A JOB WITH
STATE POLICE.
A PROBATION