The Metropolitan Police Department is reopening the buildings to the public beginning Tuesday, with new safety measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Las Vegas police saw domestic disturbance calls increase in the weeks after the emergency directives to stay at home were ordered, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Friday.
“Sadly, it is all too common for fraudsters to take advantage of the public during times of great distress and hardship,” Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said Monday.
The U.S. Postal Service is calling for vigilance to prevent a persistent band of mail thieves from intercepting that money before it reaches residents.
Due to the closure of Metro facilities during the coronavirus pandemic, registered sex offenders needing to update or change their information must do so online.
Law enforcement is reporting an influx of crime on the Bureau of Land Management’s public lands, causing Las Vegas police to step up patrol in those areas.
The Metropolitan Police Department is implementing new protective measures to keep inmates at the Clark County Detention Center healthy amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic, police said.
Las Vegas police data shows that during the first week of enforcing Gov. Steve Sisolak’s order for all nonessential businesses to close, police received 353 reports.
“I have no cause for concern. When the public needs help, we’re going to do whatever we can,” said Steve Grammas, president of the Las Vegas police union.
Clark County’s sheriff and district attorney offered assurances that the criminal justice system is continuing to protect the community during the coronavirus pandemic.
The city of Las Vegas also has apparently changed its stance against enforcement of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Friday order for all nonessential businesses to close as a measure to curb the coronavirus outbreak.
With most of the Regional Justice Center vacant, all Las Vegas Justice Court cases were heard Friday in one courtroom.
Las Vegas police said on Thursday that 48 employees have reported “workplace exposure” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
As panic surrounding COVID-19 and its financial impact increases, victim advocates say, so too will intimate partner violence.
The man who sprayed an unknown substance in a Las Vegas Walmart while wearing a hazmat suit allegedly did it for social media fame, according his arrest report.