Carla Sonntag with the NM Business Coalition joins ABQ Connect to discuss a multitude of current events happening in Albuquerque and around the state. Some of these include the upcoming Mayoral election in Albuquerque; who those candidates are and their current stats, the New Mexico...
Laci Steele is married to Rio Rancho Police Chief, Stewart Steele. Spouses and children of law enforcement officers support their loved ones protecting the public, and in many ways, they face some of the same stresses every day! Laci shares memorable stories, and how she...
The New Mexico Dream Center is not-for-profit 501(C)3 charity fighting to save children from minor domestic sex trafficking. Shelley Repp is the Executive Director, and Birga Alden is the Community Relations Manager. Shelley outlines the laws necessary to give law enforcement and judges the leverage...
Former Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales joins Jim Williams to talk about the intricacies of law enforcement and to describe the ways in which his faith affected the way he performed his duties as a police officer....
On veterans day it's not unusual to find many people forgetting about the sacrifices our nation's military personnel and their families have made for OUR families. Well, Folds of Honor continues to remember them and provide for their children's or grieving spouses education. There are...
Shelley Repp is the Executive Director of the New Mexico Dream Center. She describes today what human trafficking looks like nationally and globally from a labor and sex trafficking point of view. Shelley said, "There are absolutely systems in the United States that contribute to...
Stand True 4 Blue Vice President Tina Buerschen, Secretary Mariah Carisalez, and retired Albuquerque Police Officers Ray and Candi Defrates stand true to support the men and women in law enforcement and first responders in New Mexico. The Stand True 4 Blue website says, "We are...
Shelley Repp is the Executive Director of the New Mexico Dream Center. Sergeant Kyle Woods serves as a Deputy with the “GHOST UNIT” of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department. "I can say that virtually every single trafficked youth I have dealt with has been abused...
Manuel Gonzales is currently serving his second term as our Bernalillo County Sheriff. He has announced he is running for Mayor of Albuquerque in November 2021. Reducing crime, addressing homelessness, and bringing business and jobs to Albuquerque are his top priorities. Sheriff Gonzales said, "Put...
Manuel Gonzales is serving his second term as our Bernalillo County Sheriff. He has announced he is considering a run for Mayor of Albuquerque this year. In June 2020, the President began deploying federal law enforcement to select cities in the United States in response...