Kenneth Skeens
Service Record
Albuquerque New Mexico Police Department
| Rank | Officer |
| Dates of Service | June 9, 2018[1] - February 3, 2023.[2] |
| Salary | $68,411 (2022)[3] |
| Last Known Status | Terminated[2] |
Incident Reports
2022 Arrest of Matthew McManus
On August 19, 2022, Skeens and officers Marcos Flores and Gregory Radigan approached a McManus, who was struggling to purchase a bicycle at a store. The officers believed that they had been asked by the store's security guard to remove McManus. Skeens and Radigan dragged McManus from the store and handcuffed him.[4]
McManus was charged with concealing identity, and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.[4]
The incident was captured on the officers' body-worn cameras.[4]
Response Timeline
The department opened an investigation.[4]
In October 2022, the charges against McManus were dismissed because he was found not competent to stand trial.[4]
The department claimed that "there was not a lawful objective to arrest [McManus]".[4]
On February 3, 2023, Skeens was fired.[2]
On July 13, 2023, the state's Attorney General charged Skeens with false imprisonment, filing of a false police report, perjury, and battery.[5][6]
On August 7, 2023, Skeens pleaded not guilty.[7]
On April 29, 2024, a jury was unable to unanimously reach a verdict on the charges against Skeens. The case can be retried.[8]
2022 Death of Keshawn Thomas
Response Timeline
The department's Internal Affairs Force Division investigation found that the officers violated department policies. Skeens violated the de-escalation policy and was suspended for 8 hours. The investigation found the shooting to be "necessary, reasonable, minimal and proportional pursuant the perceived imminent and immediate threat".[2]
The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, the department, the chief, and the three officers.[9]
LEO Ratings
References
- ↑ APD releases details of recent officer-involved shooting, Albuquerque Police Department
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Elise Kaplan, Officers found to have violated policies leading up to deadly shooting at West Side gas station, Albuquerque Journal, 2023-07-13
- ↑ Kenneth Skeens C, City of Albuquerque, govSalaries
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Elise Kaplan, He was trying to pay for a bike in cash. APD officers dragged him from the store and used force to handcuff him, Albuquerque Journal, 2023-07-13
- ↑ Statement from Attorney General Raúl Torrez and Albuquerque Police Department Chief Harold Medina on Charges Against Former APD Officer Kenneth Skeens, New Mexico Attorney General
- ↑ Curtis Segarra, Video: Albuquerque Police officer charged for disabled man’s arrest, KRQE, 2023-07-17
- ↑ Laila Freeman, Former APD officer enters plea for use of force against man with disabilities, KRQE, 2023-08-07
- ↑ Fallon Fischer, Mistrial declared in case of former APD officer accused of dragging disabled man out of Target, KRQE, 2024-04-29
- ↑ Annalisa Pardo, Family of man fatally shot at gas station by APD officers files wrongful death lawsuit, KRQE, 2023-05-19
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