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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (also known as the LVMPD or Metro) is the joint city-county police force for the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Nevada. It is run by the sheriff, who is elected every four years. The sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer within the county.

Metro is the largest police department in the state of Nevada.

Bill Young is the current sheriff of Metro, who serves as Clark County's Sheriff and Las Vegas's Police Chief. Young will be replaced by Undersheriff Doug Gillespie.

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[edit] Funding

The Department is funded by the City of Las Vegas and Clark County. Funding is based on a complex formula that includes population, calls for service, and felony crimes in the prior year. Both governments must approve the annual budget including their percentage of budget. Additionally the department self generates approximately 33% of its funds through property tax, and the charging for certain services, such as special events, work cards, and privileged license investigations. Additional funding is generated from a special sales tax to fund commissioned positions.

[edit] History

Metro was formed on July 1, 1973 by merging the city's Las Vegas Police Department with the Clark County Sheriff's Department. Metro serves the city limits of Las Vegas and the unincorporated areas of Clark County.

In 1999, an outside audit, commissioned by the City of Las Vegas and conducted by DMG-Maximus, commended the department for having fewer managers and supervisors than are normally found in large police agencies. The audit also said that the managers, both sworn and civilian, were of "excellent quality." The auditors found that the recruitment and selection program was "among the best we have encountered in recent years." Although the City had planned to commission a second phase of the study, DMG-Maximus auditors said they were so impressed with the department that further study was unnecessary, saving the City $180,000 that had been allocated for the audit.

Currently, Metro has over 5,000 members. Of these 5,000 individuals, 2,400 are police officers and 600 are corrections officers.

LVMPD currently operates on a conventional radio system, which was upgraded in 2000.

In 2006, Sergeant Henry Prendes became the first Metro officer in 18 years to be murdered in the line of duty.

[edit] Organization

Major patrol responsibilities are covered by bike patrols, motorcycle units and patrol cars assigned to the following units:

The LVMPD is divided into seven area commands:

  • Bolden (Sectors U and W)
  • Downtown (Sectors A, B and C)
  • Northeast (Sectors F and G) - Sector F includes unincorporated areas of North Las Vegas.
  • Northwest (Sectors V and X)
  • Southeast (Sectors H, J and K) - Sector J includes unincorporated areas of Henderson.
  • Southwest (Sectors O, P, R and S)
  • South Central (Sectors I, M and N) This area command serves the Las Vegas Strip.

Other major coverage details:

  • Transportation Safety (Traffic) (All Sectors)
  • Airport (Sector Q)
  • nine different rural areas outside the Las Vegas Valley including:

[edit] Enforcement areas

This department provides law enforcement services for all of Clark County, including the City of Las Vegas, yielding primary jurisdiction to the following agencies:

[edit] Specialized Units

  • Air Support
  • Clark County Detention Center (commonly known as "CCDC" by officers)
  • Communications Bureau
  • Crime Stoppers - (702) 385-5555
  • Crimes Against Youth, Family Bureau
  • Criminalistics Bureau
  • Domestic Violence
  • Employment Diversity, Office of
  • Financial - Property Crimes Bureau
  • Fingerprint Bureau
  • Firearms Investigative Unit
  • Gang Crimes Bureau
  • General Services Bureau
  • Homeland Security Bureau
  • Information Technologies Bureau
  • Internal Affairs, Office of
  • K-9 (1959)
  • Metro Volunteer Program
  • Missing Persons
  • Mounted police
  • Personnel Bureau
  • Quality Assurance, Office of
  • Records Bureau
  • Robbery Homicide Bureau
  • Search and Rescue Unit
  • Special Events Office
  • Support Services Bureau
  • SWAT
  • Tourist Safety
  • Training Bureau
  • Transportation Safety Bureau
  • Vice & Narcotics Bureau
  • Violent Crimes Detail

[edit] Training

LVMPD runs their own 20-23 week academy. Graduates of the Southern Desert Regional Police Academy are required to also take the departments course if they wish to join LVMPD.

[edit] Las Vegas Police in fiction

[edit] External links

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