Back in 2004, just as voters narrowly approved an advisory question to raise the sales tax by one-half a cent to hire more cops, a disturbing idea emerged: What if the city of Las Vegas and Clark County – the local governments that fund the Metropolitan Police Department – decided to short the department’s budget by an equal amount and spend the money elsewhere?
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Alexa Solis interviewed students at Coronado High School.
Consider it, in retrospect, a sort of yuletide omen. When Cindy Harris arrived at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children for a job interview, she noticed a handful of Christmas tree ornaments hanging on a tree. In August.
Megan Rose Thompson, 15, volunteers once a month at Las Vegas Rescue Mission. Her next two weekends in December are booked to help the Las Vegas Great Santa Run and Toys for Tots drive. She also conducts workshops with inner-city youths to help build girls’ self-esteem.
COVER STORY: As adoption of smartphones and tablets has exploded in recent years, consumers have grown more comfortable using them to conduct all types of financial transactions. In response, banks have introduced apps to add convenience.
D. Taylor estimates he has been arrested between 75 and 80 times in Las Vegas over the past 28 years.
His first time in police handcuffs came in 1984.
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