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Treatment delays for mentally ill inmates prompts call for release

Nevada’s continuing failure to transfer court-ordered inmates to the state’s maximum-security psychiatric facility in a timely manner has prompted the Clark County public defender’s office to file dozens of motions to dismiss charges, ranging from murder to battery, and release the inmates now languishing in jail.

New details released in fatal Henderson officer-involved shooting

Henderson police released new details about Saturday’s police shooting Thursday afternoon. Police shot Bryan David Bauer, 36, of Las Vegas, when he ran at them holding a handgun, police said. He died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.

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City attorney runs for seat of North Las Vegas judge facing recall

North Las Vegas City Attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan tried to get the state’s Commission on Judicial Discipline to act against Municipal Court Judge Catherine Ramsey, but nothing has happened a year later.

Police body cameras effective, but no cure-all

Roughly 220 people gathered at The Orleans on Tuesday for the first-ever Law Enforcement Camera-Based Systems Symposium. The three-day conference drew people from law enforcement agencies from as far away as Toronto, and they all had one thing on their minds: body-worn cameras for police officers.

Child sex assault case highlights CCSD use of cameras on buses

The arrest of a veteran school bus driver in connection with the sexual assault of small children on his route raised questions about the safety of the roughly 90,000 Clark County School District students who ride the bus.

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