Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
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| Consist | since July 1, 1973 | ||
| Headquarters | 400 South Martin Luther King Boulevard Las Vegas , Nevada |
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| Authority management | Joseph Lombardo, Clark County Sheriff Kevin C. McMahill, Under Sheriff |
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| Employee | > 5000 | ||
| Website | http://lvmpd.com/ | ||
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department ( LVMPD ) is the police department of Las Vegas , the largest city in Nevada . The Department reports to the Sheriff of Clark County , every four years, is re-elected. The sheriff is the only elected senior law enforcement officer within the county , so the agency is not under the direct control of the city, county, or state of Nevada. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is the largest police agency in Nevada and one of the largest in the United States.
The LVMPD's motto is: "Partners With the Community"
history
On July 1, 1973, the Las Vegas Police Department and the Clark County Sheriff Department were merged to form the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department that exists today. The reason for this was that both authorities were struggling with a problem because, in the early 1970s, it was not uncommon for people living in the metropolis to call the wrong agency. As the crime progressed, this could result in a delay in the arrival of police officers. So the idea circulated to make both departments one. In 1973 this was finally implemented and from then on the sheriff headed the authority.
organization
Policy
These police ranks are in charge throughout the department.
- Police Officer: 2263
- Police Sergeant: 281
- Police Lieutenant: 74
- Police Captain: 22
Corrections
There are significantly fewer corrections than ordinary police officers. Corrections are responsible for the operation, supervision and management of the Clark County Detention Center.
- Corrections Officer: 690
- Corrections Sergeant: 66
- Corrections Lieutenant: 19
- Corrections Captain: 6
The LVMPD has more than 5000 employees, of whom over 2600 are ordinary police officers. It also has 8 precincts, 3 prisons, an airplane, more than 2000 cars, 260 motorcycles, 7 helicopters, 3 boats, 42 dogs and 12 horses.
There are also a number of detectives within the department who work in various areas of responsibility: The Homicide Section , the Gang Crimes Bureau , the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Unit (ICAC) and the Sexual Assault Unit .
Ranks
The LVMPD has the following ranks:
| title | badge |
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| sheriff |
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| Undersheriff |
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| Assistant Sheriff |
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| Deputy Chief |
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| Captain |
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| Lieutenant |
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| Police Officer II | No badge |
| Police Officer I. | No badge |
Clark County Detention Center
The Clark County Detention Center or Clark County Jail is a detention center in Las Vegas. The detention center is not a prison correctional facility , but is home to only inmates in custody are. Any suspected offender arrested by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department will be temporarily detained in this prison. Clark County Jail is home to over 3,000 suspected offenders awaiting trial. An average of 290 more are brought in every day.
Special forces of the LVMPD
- SWAT
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The SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) is a police unit that is trained for special police situations and also has a team in Las Vegas. The team consists of 40 men and is one of the few in the USA that works full-time. Very often they are called a zebra unit, which is related to the fact that the positions of the members are called zebra. The ones with the highest position are Zebra 1 and those with the lowest position are Zebra 37. The SWAT is trained, among other things, for the use of less lethal weapons. It is called to an average of 55 hostages per year and carries out around 365 high-risk house searches or arrest warrants. There is also training for ordinary police officers.
- K-9 squadron
The K-9 is a dog relay . The Las Vegas unit currently has 42 dogs. These dogs use their sense of smell to identify clues. 21 of the animals specialize in finding human scents. 7 of them are German Shepherds , 13 are Malinois and one is a Dutch Shepard. 9 other dogs of the relay are trained to smell marijuana , cocaine , methamphetamine and heroin (mainly hunting breeds are used here). 6 dogs can detect various types of explosives. There are 6 more dogs that the Las Vegas K-9 owns. 5 of them belong to the Interdiction Team for drugs and a black Labrador from the Resident Section in Laughlin.
weapons
Firearms training for Las Vegas Police officers takes place at the LVMPD John T Moran Tactical Firearms Training Facility, which is located near Nellis Air Force Base , one of the largest air bases in the United States Air Force , approximately eight miles northeast of Las Vegas . The training facility is named after John T Moran, who was the second sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The facility is also used by numerous other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. During their stay at the academy, police novices receive several weeks of firearms training here. Later, all trained police officers have to take part in retraining courses four times a year, this applies to all firearms. The range of models of handguns used by the agency is wide. Current models of the Glock or various handguns made by Smith & Wesson are frequently used .
Police officers who died on duty
| Surname | date | died |
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| Motorcycle Officer James Rogan | February 22, 1978 | Was shot dead by a civilian while he was stopping a traffic stop. |
| Correctional Officer James Harbin | March 18, 1979 | The Correctional Officer was accidentally caught in a shop robbery on his way to work. The perpetrators shot him because they mistakenly believed that Harbin was a police officer. |
| Officer Clark Wooldridge | August 12, 1979 | Died when he collided with another car on the way to a scene. His police car overturned and went up in flames. Although he was rescued from his vehicle alive, he died of his injuries two days later in hospital. |
| Motorcycle Officer Marc Kahre | October 11, 1988 | When he spotted someone on patrol , he reported on the radio and followed him. Shortly afterwards, the suspect began to shoot Kahre, who was fatally wounded. Another patrol, who arrived at the scene shortly afterwards, pursued the suspect, who had started the escape with his vehicle. The patrol rammed the fugitive's vehicle and shortly afterwards this suicide began. |
| Officer Donald Weese | October 23, 1992 | Weese was on patrol with a trainee when he was called in to take part in a police shootout. At an intersection he collided with another car that did not see him and was thrown into a traffic light. Weese died on site, his partner was transported to the hospital and survived. |
| Russel Peterson | March 24, 1998 | Peterson and one other person were in a "Search and Rescue" exercise on Mount Charleston . When the officer secured the second person on a frozen waterfall, a large piece of ice broke out and fell. Although it missed the climber, it fell directly on the head of Officer Russel Peterson, who died instantly. |
| Sergeant Henry Prendes | February 1, 2006 | The sergeant was called to a residence that day where very loud arguments were perceived. As soon as he entered, he was ambushed and shot with a machine gun. When more officers drove to the scene, there was a shooting, in which the suspect was killed. |
| Officer James Le'Treall Manor | May 7, 2009 | Died driving at over 100 mph on the way to a scene without turning on the siren or flashing lights, causing him to collide with another car. |
| Officer Milburn gouge | October 8, 2009 | When Officer Gouge dodged a vehicle to avoid an accident, his car overturned. His partner survived, but died the next morning from his injuries. |
| Trevor A. Nettleton | November 19, 2009 | When three people, one of them armed, tried to rob Nettleton in his garage, he drew his gun and was shot. Before he died, he managed to wound one of the group with a gunshot. The police counted this case as a "death on duty" because he drew his service weapon to defend his family. |
| Corrections Officer Daniel Leach | November 21, 2009 | Two days after the death of Officer Trevor A. Nettleton, Daniel Leach died in a car accident. |
| Search and Rescue Officer Dave Vanbuskirk | 22. July 2013 | While carrying out the rescue of a civilian lost in Mount Charleston, the officer fell from the helicopter and died. |
| Officer Igor Soldo and Officer Alyn Beck | June 8, 2014 | The two officers fell victim to a killing spree by a couple with Nazi backgrounds during their break in a pizzeria . After the couple had killed the officers with several shots, they wrapped a flag with the words "Don't tread on me" and a swastika flag . Then they stormed a Walmart , where they shot a civilian. Shortly afterwards, the police surrounded the building. Both were hit multiple times during the shooting. Ultimately, however, the woman, Amanda Miller, executed her husband with her gun and subsequently committed suicide.
See also the rampage in Las Vegas 2014 |
| Officer Charleston Hartfield | October 1, 2017 | Officer Charleston Hartfield was attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival with his wife when a heavily armed man from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino opened gunfire on concertgoers. Officer Hartfield tried to save as many lives as possible until he himself was fatally wounded by gunfire. The assassin, Stephen Paddock , committed suicide after his hotel room was surrounded by LVMPD and SWAT.
See also 2017 Mass Murder in Las Vegas |
The LVMPD in the media
The most famous role played by the Las Vegas police force in the US television series CSI: Vegas . Mainly, the series shows the crime scene investigators of the police department in the evidence and forensics ( English CSI Crime Scene Investigation "crime scene investigation"). Even if the Las Vegas Police Department actually has such crime scene investigators and a CSI with laboratory workers, their area of responsibility in the series goes far beyond reality.