Dear editor, The City of Grants has so many projects in the works that is improving the community we live in. The City Administration has been forward thinking about the GIS/911 project implemented by the State of New Mexico. We are working with the State to make sure that all of our addresses are accurate and connected with 911. The City of Grants has entered into a contract with DataMark to make this happen. In the meantime, we are asking all residents to make sure that their present address number can be seen on the front of their residences. This helps EMS, Law Enforcement, USPS, UPS, and FedEx to be able to find you without having to guess the address.
The weather has gotten cooler and the weeds and grasses are slowing down in their growth. This is an excellent time to cut all weeds and discard them properly, which will leave you with a clean yard throughout the fall and winter. You will notice that the City Employees have been out cutting weeds and picking up trash. We also have Community Service workers that are doing the same thing. We appreciate the hard work of our City Employees and volunteers. We thank them and all the residents that keep their properties clean.
We respectfully ask all residents to join us if our efforts to have a clean and safe city by participating in the Grants Fall Cleanup on Saturday, October 11, from 8 am to 12 pm. There will be roll-offs at the Police Station on Roosevelt Avenue and a loader to help you place your weeds, trash, junk and rubbish in. We will also have a roll-off for tires.
Robert S. Windhorst. Code Enforcement Officer, City of Grants
Credibility in Law Enforcement
Dear editor, Local police officer in the Cibola Citizen newspaper dated 09-10-25, charged with Aggravated DWI & and negligent use of a firearm.
Online records show that 13th District Attorney Barbara Romo was charged with a similar offense in Rio Ranch on 01-09-09, case number U-146DR-200900412, as well as Michael J Thomas, appointed by Romo to head the Grants District Attorney's Office by the Chavez County Sheriff, case number 2020-00000522.
The Editor of the Cibola Citizen tells me five officers at one local department are facing LEA 90s, which is the form for reporting law enforcement misconduct required when an agency must report infractions of the law to the Law Enforcement Academy Board within 90 days, detailing the infraction and any internal investigation findings. Only the police agency the officer works for can put in these reports, not the courts or any citizen. Often, the board makes deals so the officers can keep their licenses or certifications with warnings or short suspensions. Of course, officers have the same rights as any other citizen, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Over the years, I have seen officers resign for brief periods, get their cases dismissed, and go right back to work. Some police administrators cover up misconduct, never report it, or hold officers accountable. When I started as an officer back in 1986, you were not allowed to be an officer if you had a felony, domestic violence, or DWI conviction. Today, if the DWI or Domestic conviction is over five years, you can get certified, wondering what message lowering standards sends. My best guess is these crimes may not even apply to lawyers or DAs. I have seen judges ruin some good officers with court orders they were not honest on search warrants for minor typing errors, putting them on the Brady or Giglio list.
While another officer gets a 25-page appeal decision from a federal judge in Albuquerque, getting a drug case thrown out for outright lying on the searching of the vehicle, and is still working.
Recently, people have told me that some local officers are taking firearms on traffic stops, making citizens prove they are the owners before giving them back, and telling people to stop recording them while they are investigating them, which is very wrong!
Signed, Mr. Harry L. Hall USAF Veteran Retired Police/ Sheriff Lt 38+ years