Cleaning up crime is the goal of a new effort from the Albuquerque Police Department. The agency is working with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and University of New Mexico police. Some of that effort using new technology, called warrant track, to help officers identify people with warrants faster. Your neighborhood: Local news from KOAT Action 7 News Chief Harold Medina praised the addition.”We are also utilizing technology as we’ve never utilized technology before,” Medina said. The app includes a map that shows people with warrants. APD says has helped them track down people faster not only during everyday operations but will help with big events like Balloon Fiesta.”We are getting more people off our streets to the tune of sometimes 10% a month all the way up to 30% in some months,” said Mayor Tim Keller. “APD is very focused.”This new technology goes in hand with APD’s warrant operation, retail theft efforts and cleaning up the corridor.”You can see that case in point with this particular warrant database where officers can click on it, and they can go after that worst offender, the most wanted offenders who are committing gun violence or violent crime in our city,” said Commander Aaron Jones. Medina said, hopefully, these efforts will bring businesses back.”We also need them to understand when there is crime, they need to report it. And we hope that by cleaning up Central, it will ensure that Central flourishes,” Medina said. Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeWhile the department doesn’t have exact numbers on how many people are staying in jail from these arrests, Medina says the fluctuating warrants levels are staying down.”One of the frustrations is we have so many warrants being cleared, but we also have so many warrants coming into the system, Medina said. “One of the positive things I see is that for the first time, we are not seeing growth in the warrant numbers.”Action 7 News On The Go: Download our app for free