A 71-year-old man who was killed outside his Las Vegas home last week by Henderson police officers during a SWAT encounter was identified.
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In a press release, officials said all three individuals were hospitalized — two of whom have since been released.
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association is instructing members to show up to work Friday, roughly two weeks after it has asked Metropolitan Police Department employees to consider a work stoppage.
The Nevada Supreme Court granted an emergency stay against a judiciary panel’s proceedings against the Pahrump justict of the peace and former Las Vegas councilwoman.
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association closed a poll asking its members to consider a strike, but gave no indication on whether a work stoppage will be authorized.
Authorities have identified the 17-year-old Las Vegas boy who died last week in a motorcycle crash in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.
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The unions representing Henderson police officers and supervisors each declared an impasse with city leaders regarding a new labor contract.
Jonathan Boucher’s exit comes weeks before former Metropolitan Police Department veteran Reggie Rader takes over as the next chief of police.
The union representing officers and other staff at the Metropolitan Police Department is asking members to consider striking should a new mandatory increase to retirement contributions take effect next month.
A girl who was the sole survivor of a crash that killed her mother and another woman is on the long road to recovery, a relative said.
The U.S. Army veteran who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International in Las Vegas had a history of mental health issues, a coroner’s report says.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced to three years in federal prison for selling stolen firearms and machine gun conversion devices linked to shootings around the valley.
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