Rio Communities hires its first police chief

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – For several years Rio Communities in Valencia County paid the sheriff’s department to patrol their small city, but starting next month they’ll officially have a police department of their own.Felix Nunez is the first police chief for the Rio Communities Police Department. Nunez has been in law enforcement for 31 years; for the past eight years he’s served as the chief of the Jemez Springs Police Department. Video: Aftermath of fatal crash inv