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Nevada High Court To Charge For Las Vegas Shooting Records

Dec 05, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Police Department asked for hundreds of thousands of dollars from media outlets for electronic records related to the fatal Route 91 Harvest festival shooting in 2017, authorities said.

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Las Vegas Police Officer Hurt In Vehicle Collision

Dec 02, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas police officer avoided critical injury after his patrol vehicle was involved in collision.

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Car-Crash Death Linked To Gunfire That Wounded Driver

Nov 26, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a woman was struck by gunfire while driving before her vehicle crashed into a concrete wall on the eastern outskirts of Las Vegas.

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Undersheriff McMahill On The Challenges Facing Las Vegas Metro Police

Nov 14, 2019

Las Vegas police have had their hands full. 

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Woman Shot By Police After Attacking Son Fired Officer's Gun

Nov 12, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a Nevada woman who was fatally shot by officers after allegedly stabbing her 7-year-old son had grabbed an officer's gun during a struggle and fired it once before she was shot.

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Las Vegas Man With Knife Takes His Child, Gets In Car Crash

Nov 04, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say they're investigating an incident that involved a man with a knife that ended in a car crash.
 
Officers were called early Sunday after a man at a party with friends and family reportedly became distraught, took his i
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2 Nevada Teens Hit By Car While Waiting For School Bus

Oct 29, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Police has reported two teenage boys were struck by one of two cars involved in a crash.

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Las Vegas Police Suspend Federal Immigration Holds At Jail

Oct 24, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police have suspended a program that let local jailers detain immigrants at the request of federal authorities, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Wednesday, following a court ruling in California that the American Civil Liberties Union said could h

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Metro Detective Arrested, Charged With Several Felonies

Oct 22, 2019

Las Vegas Metro Police arrested detective Lawrence Rinetti on several charges on Friday. 

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Metro Police Plans To Expand 'Shotspotter' Technology

Oct 18, 2019

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it is planning to expand ‘ShotSpotter’ gunfire detection technology into more neighborhoods in the Las Vegas Valley.

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Coroner: Las Vegas Man Died In Handcuffs From Meth Intoxication

Oct 17, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas man had methamphetamine in his system when he died in police custody after telling officers handcuffing him on the ground he couldn't breathe, a coroner said Thursday.

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Police: Man Who Died In Handcuffs Said He Couldn't Breathe

Sep 11, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 50-year-old Las Vegas man who died in police custody after a pre-dawn bicycle and foot chase repeatedly told officers handcuffing him he couldn't breathe, a top police department official said.
 
Officers Benjamin Vasquez, 27, and Patrick
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Off-Duty Officer Holds Car Occupants At Gunpoint After Crash

Sep 06, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say an off-duty officer held several people at gunpoint after a car crashed into a steakhouse.
 
Police say the officer observed the Friday morning crash and that its occupants became aggressive when the officer went to chec
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2 Police Detectives Suffer Minor Injuries In Las Vegas Crash

Sep 02, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Metropolitan Police Department says two of its detectives are hospitalized with minor injuries after two-car crash near downtown Las Vegas.

They say the accident occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday.

Police say the detectives were in the same car.

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Woman Killed In Las Vegas In Apparent Random Sledgehammer Attack

Aug 29, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say a woman in a laundromat was killed after reporting a man outside the establishment with a sledgehammer and that authorities believe the suspect beat her with the sledgehammer in an apparently random attack.
 
Police Lt.
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Las Vegas Metro Police, Officers' Union Start Arbitration On New Contract

Aug 28, 2019

Las Vegas Metro Police will begin arbitration with union leaders Wednesday.

Members of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association are hoping to get a raise in a new contract with Metro.

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2 Las Vegas Officers Hurt After Drunk Driver Hits Patrol Car

Aug 26, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two Las Vegas police officers are recovering after a suspected drunk driver hit their vehicle.
 
Authorities say the crash happened Monday around 2:30 a.m. near Balzar Avenue and James Bilbray Drive.
 
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Off-Duty Officer Injured In Shooting

Aug 22, 2019

An off-duty Las Vegas Metro Police officer was injured in a shooting in the northwest part of the Las Vegas Valley Wednesday night.

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Police Video Shows Officer Wounding Felon In Fleeing Pickup

Aug 13, 2019

 

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Police: Officer Shoots, Wounds Man After Police Cars Rammed

Aug 09, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say an officer shot and wounded a man during a vehicle chase in which two police cars were rammed Wednesday night.
 
Police said the wounded man drove off after being shot and then crashed into two other cars before getting
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Metro Police: Fixing The Holes Found After Oct. 1 Massacre

Jul 30, 2019

No one has yet made sense of the October 2017 shooting that left 58 dead and injured about 850 people on the Las Vegas Strip. 

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Sheriff Lombardo Reports Drop In Crime In Clark County

Jul 26, 2019

Violent crime is down in the Las Vegas valley this year.

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo says the valley has seen a drop in violent and property crimes, fatal crashes and homicides through mid-2019.

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Off-Duty Las Vegas Policeman Accidentally Shoots Himself

Jul 22, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say an off-duty Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer accidentally shot and wounded himself but is expected to survive.

They say the incident occurred Saturday night on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Las Vegas Police Renew Commitment Io Immigration Program

Jul 20, 2019

Las Vegas police have renewed a partnership program with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a move that county commissioners are questioning.

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Las Vegas Police: Officer Shoots, Wounds Armed Suspect

Jul 18, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say an officer shot and wounded an armed man after police stopped a stolen pickup truck.
 
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