In The News: University Police Department
University and college students in Southern Nevada returned to school Monday, but there is a shortage of officers who are keeping campuses safe.
It’s a population the size of a small town. Roughly 35,000 students and staff make up the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus community, and keeping them safe is a full-time job.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is hiring.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Police (UPD) have identified the suspect in a string of auto burglary crimes on the university’s main campus. They say the incidents happened in various parking lots and garages.
University Police Services (UPD) says it has identified a pattern of auto burglary crimes on campus.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ police say they have identified a pattern of auto burglary crimes on campus.
Campus police at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are seeking suspects in connection to a string of golf cart thefts.
University Police services say seven golf carts have been stolen from the University of Nevada Las Vegas main campus.
At least seven golf carts have been stolen from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s main campus. University police say the incidents occurred between Sept. 15 and Oct. 23 at all hours of the day.
Paul Velez, a lieutenant with University Police Services at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, received a phone call saying there was a security issue at the university’s International Gaming Institute that required his attention.
The new unified police force overseeing security at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, the College of Southern Nevada, the Desert Research Institute and Nevada State College will create citizen review and advisory boards by the start of the fall semester.
The Department of Justice today announced $750,000 in funding was awarded to three law enforcement agencies in Nevada, as part of the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 596 law enforcement agencies across the nation, which allows those agencies to hire 2,732 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. The awards are inclusive of the $51 million announced in May as part of Operation Relentless Pursuit.