Steve Gallegos

The Chief of Police oversees the 178 men and women of the Albuquerque Public Schools Police Department; which includes sworn police officers, administrative staff, Campus Service Aids, alarm technicians, communications dispatchers, and educational assistants.

The department is charged with providing a safe learning environment for the district’s 90,000 students and a safe working environment for its 15,000 employees; twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.