To demolish or remodel the Jal Police Dept.? Christina Holt/News-Sun Despite the “deplorable state” of the Jal’s Police Department, residents — particularly those who live behind it — don’t want to see the historic El Paso Natural Gas building torn down. The City of Jal held three public meetings for community members to tour the JPD recently so they could …

Jal police officers charged on federal rights violations Levi Hill/News-Sun Three Jal police officers, including one former officer, have been arrested and charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for violating a suspect’s constitutionally protected rights. Jal police officers Corey Patrick Saffell and Ceasar Enrique Mendoza, along with former Jal police officer Robert Edward Embly, were arrested on two counts each …

CURTIS C. WYNNE/NEWS-SUN JAL — Facing a tort claim of wrongful death and excessive force, the City of Jal settled for $5 million. The city’s insurance company will pay $1 million of that. Claims brought by the estate of Hector Nava, 45, of San Antonio, Texas, alleged excessive use of tasers while Nava was in police custody, although a coroner’s …

JAL — The New Mexico Department of Public Safety and the Jal Police Department are looking for a Jal woman missing since May 13 and asking the public for help. Jal police detective Mary Montez said Angel Dawn McManes, 43, was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt and pink sweatpants. McManes is described as a white female, 4 feet 11 …

Man accused of ramming Jal police car, fleeing police The Jal Police Department apprehended a suspect in a Friday police pursuit through the city after he allegedly fled a traffic stop, “intentionally” rammed into a police car and abandoned his vehicle to run on foot. Around 8:41 p.m. Friday, Jal police pulled over a Dodge pickup truck after seeing it …

The Jal Police Department arrested a man Friday on his reported eighth intoxicated driving offense and other charges after a shots fired incident near South 6th Street, involving a broken truck window. Jesus P. Herrera, 46, of Jal, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (eighth offense), a second-degree felony; felon in possession of …