ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Commission is pushing to weed out abusive and dangerous adults from youth sports. A county commissioner wants all coaches and volunteers in youth sports to undergo training and background checks, or their team won’t be able to use county facilities.

Many parents are trusting coaches they barely know to take care of their kids, and in the past few months, it’s been a problem.

One Albuquerque coach was arrested for getting drunk and pulling out a gun on a road trip with his youth football team, another caught for having sex with a volleyball player, and a little league president had a violent criminal history.

Now, a plan sponsored by Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins aims to prevent those types of scandals from happening again.

“We as a commission want to make sure that our children are safe as possible that when a parent signs a child up for an activity, the parents can feel comfortable that they’re not putting their child at risk in some way,” she said.

Starting next year, the Bernalillo County Youth Sports Commission would have a mechanism for reporting inappropriate volunteer or coach behavior, and require criminal background checks for all adults involved in youth sports.

Leagues would also have to train coaches and officials on anti-bullying, being abusive towards players, and make sure they know how to do CPR and recognize concussions. All of that, to get a certificate from the county.

“It’s a patch, it’s a label, it’s an endorsement that they can present to parents saying we’ve met these high standards, so you can feel comfortable that your child will be safe in our care,” said Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins.

Tuesday night’s county commission meeting will give the Youth Sports Commission the authority to move forward with the plan. The county could also reach out to the city to see if they want to adopt the same plan.