Police responded to a 2020 crime wave by carrying out Operation Persistent Pressure, using a heavy officer presence on the Strip to combat a rise in aggravated assaults.
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“This is an interesting walk down memory lane that I think I denied myself for a long time,” said the former agent, who led the FBI’s Las Vegas office in 2001.
The Aladdin hotel and its ties to the Detroit mob in the late 1970s are explored in new episodes of the podcast. Also featured: Wayne Newton and Johnny Carson’s feud.
The Metropolitan Police Department has reached a $150,000 settlement with a disabled street performer whose 2019 lawsuit claimed officers violated his First Amendment rights.
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