ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – While dozens of New Mexico National Guard members are still helping the Albuquerque Police Department with guarding crime scenes to bus security, some of those guardsmen are now looking at a career change to join APD full-time. The man overseeing the New Mexico National Guard calls it unplanned, but said they're happy to help fill the department's ranks. "We're not surprised. I kind of anticipated and hoped we'd find some police officers out of this group, but fantastic to see it happen," said Major General Miguel Aguilar, Adjutant General for the New Mexico National Guard.

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