ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

Mayor Tim Keller has released the first campaign ad of this mayoral election.

As part of a commitment to the voter, Target 7 has fact-checked the ad, and voters can decide for themselves what's fact or fiction.

Keller is touting his accomplishments in his two terms as mayor in a pop-quiz style ad, but how true are the claims?

Target 7 took a dive into the facts.

Claim: Keller created the nation's first community safety department with mental health responders.

Target 7 found this claim to be somewhat true. Keller's campaign provided Target 7 a study from Harvard Business Review claiming Albuquerque Community Safety (ACS) to be the first "24/7, fully integrated into 911, stand-alone alternative response department." However, Target 7 did find other programs tha

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