Jurors awarded seven Albuquerque police officers a total of $1.085 million Tuesday in a case that stemmed from a 2023 police academy policy that required cadets to razor-shave their heads each morning.

The city of Albuquerque must pay $155,000 in damages to each officer, who alleged in a lawsuit that Albuquerque Police Department leaders retaliated against them after the son of a top APD commander was terminated from the police academy.

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