ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE works hard to keep New Mexicans informed and updated. KRQE’s Investigative Team covers news differently. Below is a list of investigative pieces from KRQE’s Ann Pierret and Gabrielle Burkhart. 1. Recording: Albuquerque DWI suspect says he was offered a ‘guarantee’ for $8,500 Money, drunk driving arrests, and a well-known defense attorney. KRQE is getting a first-hand look at how those things may be connected in what’s being called possibly the biggest police corruption scheme the City of Albuquerque has seen. KRQE Investigative reporter Gabrielle Burkhart sat down with a man who claims he has proof of the scheme. Read full story here. 2. Advocate says attorney, APD officers ‘spit in the face’ of DWI victims It’s an experience countless New Mexicans share – their lives impacted by drunk driving. “We were surprised when they didn’t show up. But the phone call came in, I don’t know, 11:30 p.m., 12:00 a.m., something like that,” Kent Cravens said. On Christmas Eve in 1992, he, his wife, and kids were waiting up for Cravens’s brother to stop by with his wife and three daughters for a Christmas carol sing-along. But the family of five never showed up. Read full story here. 3. DWI scandal: APD officers resigning rather than talking  One after another, Albuquerque police officers have decided to give up their badge rather than be interviewed by internal affairs. All of this is happening during a federal and internal investigation into what KRQE News 13 has learned involves accusations about officers getting paid to get DWI cases dismissed. Read full story here. 4. Arresting deputy refuses to testify in DWI license hearing In DWI cases, the state has two chances to hold drunk drivers accountable. There are criminal penalties in court, and New Mexico can take away your driver’s license. KRQE Investigates revealed what happens when officers don’t show up to those hearings and drivers get a free pass. KRQE Investigates also uncovered another problem involving a law enforcement agency going rogue. Read full story here. 5. ‘This is not right’: Albuquerque police investigating HOA president’s paychecks Members of an Albuquerque homeowners association are now paying much closer attention to what the association is doing with their money, and they want other HOA members to learn from their experience. Fed up with how their neighborhood looked, a few members asked to look at their association’s finances; they wanted to know what their monthly dues were going toward. Their HOA is now under new leadership, as the Albuquerque Police Department investigates suspected mishandling of finances. Read full story here. 6. Hermits Peak Calf Canyon wildfire victims in legal battle with FEMA More than two years since a government-sparked wildfire took everything from victims in northern New Mexico, hundreds of those victims say the federal government is still failing them. KRQE Investigates visited the burn scar where families say they’re fighting another battle, this time with FEMA. Read full story here. 7. What’s the point of CYFD’s Policy Advisory Council? It’s been a year since New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham created a council of child welfare professionals meant to share insight and recommend policy changes to improve the many problems within the state’s Children, Youth & Families Department. KRQE has detailed a long list of systemic issues that have led to things like kids sleeping in state office buildings and even children dying after CYFD intervention. Read full story here.