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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police reform advocacy organization APD Forward and local book store Bookworks have teamed together to bring author Radley Balko to Albuquerque to talk about police militarization and its effect on communities.

Balko, 39, is the author of the book “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces.”

He will be speaking at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the South Broadway Cultural Center, 1025 Broadway SE.

“We brought him out here to talk about that (police militarization) in context of what has been happening,” said Micah McCoy, a spokesman for APD Forward.

The U.S. Department of Justice investigated the Albuquerque Police Department after a string of shootings. Its report issued this spring said there was a culture of excessive violence. Last week the city and the Justice Department announced they had reached agreement on how to reform the police force.

McCoy said Balko will be signing copies of his book after his talk and there will be an opportunity to chat. Space is limited and organizers are asking those who wish to attend the talk to RSVP online at www.apdforward.org/balko.

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