Marc Goodman: A Vision of Crimes in the Future
“We are at the dawn of a technological arms race, an arms race between people who are using technology for good and those who are using it for ill.” -Marc Goodman
Marc Goodman imagines the future crime and terrorism challenges we will all face as a result of advancing technologies.
He thinks deeply about the disruptive security implications of robotics, artificial intelligence, social data, virtual reality and synthetic biology.
Technology, he says, is affording exponentially growing power to non-state actors and rogue players, with significant consequences for our common global security. Read More
DOT Expects Continuing Deterioration of New Mexico’s Roads
- Short Note on Yesterday’s Legislative Finance Committee Meeting
Because of my membership on the House Appropriations and Finance Committee, I was asked to attend the LFC meeting in Rio Rancho Friday as an alternate.
The LFC holds hearings throughout the year on budget issues. Yesterday’s focus was on the condition of the state’s Road Fund.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported that because of increasingly gas-efficient cars, diversion of fees and taxes originally designated for the Read More
Traffic Advisory: Bicyclists Urged to Use Caution on N.M. 4 During Road Work
Bicyclists riding in the vicinity of N.M. 4 and N.M. 501 are urged to use extra caution during chipseal work being performed by crews with the New Mexico Department of Transportation-District 5.
The chipseal project began July 12 and should be completed in two weeks, weather permitting.
Crew Supervisor Eugene Mario Trujillo said motorists and bicyclists will encounter the road work on N.M. 4 northbound and southbound lanes from White Rock to the Sandoval County line.
There may be delays between 5 a.m. to 4 p.m., as well as single lane closures with a flagging operation and pilot car escort.
Drivers Read More
FBI Media Alert: Albuquerque FBI Offers $20,000 Reward in 1994 Attempted Robbery, Slaying
FBI News:
Courtesy/Albuquerque FBI
On Aug. 25, 1994, a young Rio Rancho father of two small children was fatally shot when the Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp. van he was driving was ambushed on a remote stretch of Highway 6.
Jeff Oelcher’s killer has not been caught or identified, despite a massive manhunt and FBI investigation.
The Albuquerque FBI Division is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Oelcher’s death.
Oelcher, 28, was driving the unarmored rental van at about 10:30 a.m. from Socorro Read More
Wednesday’s Downpour Spurs Back Road Flash Flood
Looking down from Omega Bridge, a grader and front end loader work on West Road near the Ice Rink to clear debris from the flash flood Wednesday evening. The creek coming down Los Alamos Canyon from the Reservoir becomes a raging torrent that uses the roadway as a streambed in flash-flood conditions. Clean up from that flash flood got underway quickly on N.M. 501 (Back Road) following Wednesday’s downpour. Steve Stoddard of Los Alamos reported that he was returning from an excursion in the Jemez about 6 p.m. and found the Back Road closed due to debris. Stoddard had to detour through White Read More
