Below are the firms who have applied for the independent federal monitor position overseeing the settlement agreement between the City of Albuquerque and the Department of Justice (APD Forward's top picks in bold):

Affiliated Monitors

Baker & Hostetler

Charles A. Gruber Consulting

CNA

Cuddy & McCarthy

Edmund E. Perea

Elite Performance Assessment Consultants

Freeh Group International Solutions

Gary Yamane

Guidepost Solutions

KROLL

Police Performance Consulting

Public Management Resources

Stein Mitchell

The Jones Firm

THOS

Warshaw & Associates