Eight people died in the second half of last year while in Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department custody, a Metro captain told Clark County commissioners.
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Like other proposals, the chosen design emphasizes 58 of the victims, rather than all 60 who died as a result of their gunshot wounds.
Melanie Tobiasson, a 55-year-old former justice of the peace, died by suicide Friday. She had resigned in 2021 after facing ethics charges.
Before becoming governor, Clark County’s former Sheriff Joe Lombardo said nonlethal weapons will never replace deadly ones.
The Clark County Commission expanded an ordinance that will allow judges to order convicted criminals to stay off the Strip, and allow them to be arrested for violating the orders.
The uproar caused by recently resurfaced allegations of misconduct levied against a candidate running for Clark County sheriff is spilling over into statewide races.
Recently retired Undersheriff Kevin McMahill and Assemblyman Tom Roberts, both former Metro officials, have signaled their intentions to seek the post.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Review-Journal, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo called the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis a “watershed moment” for policing in America.
A recent series of shootings and assaults on the Strip have worried the elected officials who oversee the tourist corridor. Police say increased efforts to quell it are working.