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KITCHEN KNIVES. SOME ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS ARE QUESTIONING THE TIMING OF A POLICE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION. WE'VE CONFIRMED INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS LOOKING INTO A VETERAN POLICE OFFICER WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE NEW POLICE CONTRACT. ON MONDAY NIGHT WE TOLD YOU HOW SERGEANT WILLIAM HEH COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CONTRACT TO CITY COUNCILORS. SERGEANT HEH'S ATTORNEY SAYS HIS CLIENT WAS INFORMED AFTER THE MEETING THAT CHIEF RAY SCHULTZ LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION AGAINST HIM. WE'RE TOLD THE INVESTIGATION CENTERS AROUND ALLEGATIONS THAT SUPERVISORS WERE INTIMIDATING OTHER OFFICERS LEADING UP TO THE VOTE ON THE NEW UNION CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT INCLUDES HEFTY INCENTIVES AND PAY RAISES FOR YOUNG OFFICERS -- BUT VETERAN OFFICERS COMPLAIN THERE'S NOTHING IN IT FOR THEM. TODAY THREE CITY COUNCILORS HAVE SENT CHIEF SCHULTZ A LETTER -- REQUESTING ANSWERS ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE INVESTIGATION. A-P-D SAYS WHILE WE GOT A COPY OF THE LETTER, IT DIDN'T UNTIL TONIGHT...AND IT HAD TO GET IT FROM THE MEDIA. A SPOKESMAN SAYS THE INVESTIGATION DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SERGEANT HEH SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE CONTRACT -- AND THEY RESPECT HIS RIGHT TO EXPRESS