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Training

Reserve Officers: For Love of the Job

At minimum, an LASD reserve officer's service will include logging 20 hours a month regardless of obligations posed by the reserve's regular job and family responsibilities. He may find himself working his own patrol car, standing guard in the cold along a parade route, or handling that "change of shift" report nobody else wanted.

March 3, 2014

Patrol

Las Vegas Metro Won't Respond to Minor Traffic Accidents

Capt. Mark Tavarez of Las Vegas Metro's Traffic Bureau said at an early afternoon news conference that beginning March 3, patrol officers would stop responding to property-only accidents within Metro's jurisdiction.

February 24, 2014

Patrol

Video: Citizen Captures Fatal OIS Near Las Vegas

At some point Berghardt reportedly made a dash for the trooper’s SUV and, according to the rangers, tried to remove the trooper’s AR-15 from its locked gun rack.

February 17, 2014

Patrol

Slain Nev. Teacher a Former Marine

Mike Landsberry has been identified as the teacher killed by a 12-year-old student at Sparks Middle School near Reno, Nev.

October 21, 2013

Patrol

2 Dead, 2 Wounded In Nev. School Shooting

Two people have died and two boys have been hospitalized as a result of Monday's shooting at Sparks Middle School in northern Nevada.

October 20, 2013

Patrol

Sovereigns Arrested for Plot to Kidnap, Kill Officers

Two sovereign citizens planning to kidnap and kill a Las Vegas Metro Police officer were arrested Tuesday following a three-month undercover investigation into the scheme.

August 22, 2013

Vehicle Ops

Ford Turbocharges Police Interceptor Utility

Ford will begin offering its 2014 Police Interceptor Utility vehicle with its turbo-charged 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine later this year, the automaker announced.

August 20, 2013

Patrol

Las Vegas Air Unit Probed for Guitarist's Proposal Ride

An internal investigation is under way after a rock guitarist and his girlfriend were given a private tour of Las Vegas in a police helicopter for a wedding proposal.

August 12, 2013

Training

Nev. Officer Under House Arrest for Sexual Misconduct

A Las Vegas Metro Police officer was placed under house arrest Thursday and faces multiple charges alleging he sexually intimidated and harassed women he met on duty.

August 7, 2013

Patrol

Fallen Las Vegas Rescuer Laid To Rest

Dozens of police vehicles escorted the body of Las Vegas Metro Police Officer David Vanbuskirk to a Henderson church Monday to eulogize the fallen officer.

July 28, 2013

Special Units

Nev. Officer Dies In Fall During Copter Rescue

At some point during the helicopter-assisted rescue, Officer David Vanbuskirk fell to his death. The officers were using the helicopter to hoist the hiker to safety from an area that was too difficult to reach by foot.

July 22, 2013

Special Units

Nev. Family Sues Police for Taking Over Home

A Nevada family is using a rare legal argument in a lawsuit claiming police tried to commandeer their homes for a surveillance operation and then arrested the homeowners for resisting—invoking the Third Amendment, which bars soldiers from being "quartered" in a residence without permission.

July 16, 2013