Rides for Rebel: Sandia Tram rides to help raise funds for new K-9 training center Buy a ticket to ride the Sandia Tram and one time up and down the mountain will go a long way to help our four-legged friends with badges.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque police have confirmed one of their own officers shot and killed K-9 officer Rebel.

It happened when officers were trying to take a suspect into custody. But now, something good is coming out of this tragedy.

APD is partnering up with the Sandia Peak Tramway to launch “Rides for Rebel.” $1 from every tram ticket sold in the next two weeks will go toward helping other four-legged officers.

On Friday, APD Chief Harold Medina told us a lot of that money is going toward a new K-9 training facility.

“A structure that is basically a hollowed

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