By Daniel J. Chacón/The New Mexican – SantaFeNewMexican.com – Photo Not Credited.

Santa Fe’s acting police chief earned a new nickname Friday among the rank and file: the “Cholo Chief.”

Andrew Padilla, previously a deputy police chief who lives in Alcalde and recently was named acting chief by newly elected Mayor Alan Webber, picked up the moniker after driving to work in a 1984 Buick Regal lowrider.

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