shannon kennedy represented boyd's family in a civil case against the department. >> i believe if sandy had not been on the scene that day, matthew boyd would still be alive. >> kennedy said in 2007 the city's former mayor had promised to beef up police numbers for political gain. apd lowered their stats and took in cops with questionable records. >> he didn't have time to independent psychiatric evaluation and had been fired for a timecard fraud. he had engaged in conduct that was criminal, that was dishonest, and even having done that, he is hired by apd. >> the year 2007 is a year we kept hearing during that time in albuquerque. it was the same year that the officer who shot christopher torres c.j. brown was hired. at another law firm a few blocks away we heard a similar story about brown. one had been by the apd and twice by another department before 2007. >> the first test the application discontinued because of attitude. >> because of attitude. >> kathy love represented the torres family in their civil lawsuit. love and her team looked into brown's record at previous job, roz well

kennedy 30th and west 33rd street between avenue a and avenue c. it's going to be a rough commute this afternoon. live, shan finance sohn, eyewitness -- shannon sohn, reporting. >>> anthony, what can you tell us? >>reporter: police putting up yellow tape to keep people away. victim right between the two ambulances that you see right out here on jf kennedy boulevard has -- it was described, the incident taking place around 2:15 this afternoon. we understand once again the victim is a 43-year-old man killed after being struck by a pickup truck right here in bay on. the victim was getting into the suv when he was struck by the pickup truck which kept traveling northbound on kennedy boulevard before the parked car and ended up on the sidewalk. the 43-year-old victim has been pronounced dead on the scene. this entire area around jfk boulevard, we can tell you there's no traffic on the box that parallel jfk boulevard. a lot of traffic and a lot of people off the block. pedestrian are standing along the side. obviously still concerned by what they're seeing on the ground this afternoon. police out here in force and a lot of responders out here and a