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Residents press Las Cruces council on lead pipes, policing and crisis response
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to address alleged misreporting of lead pipe inspections at Las Cruces Utilities, criticized the police chief's cooperation with federal authorities in recent arrests, and called for expanded crisis-intervention resources and oversight.
A series of public comments at the Dec. 1 Las Cruces City Council meeting pressed the city to take concrete steps on water safety, policing and mental-health crisis response.
Two speakers focused on Las Cruces Utilities' lead-service-line inventory. Lynn Moorerer told the council "there's no safe level of lead in drinking water" and alleged discrepancies between inspection numbers presented by utilities staff and the raw data; she urged the city manager to hire third-party engineering expertise to verify compliance with the EPA—s lead and…
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