LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo “has full confidence” within the management of the director of the Division of Public Security amid current retirements and a staffing scarcity at Nevada State Police.
Because the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported, Col. Patrick Conmay retired final week after 50 years of service in regulation enforcement, a spokesperson confirmed. Lt. Col. Martin Mleczko additionally retired in current weeks after greater than 20 years of service. George Togliatti, the director, was main Nevada State Police as his place oversees it amongst different models.
Nevada Freeway Patrol rebranded as Nevada State Police in 2021. Some proceed to check with the division by its previous title or a mix of the 2.
“Governor Lombardo has full confidence in the ongoing leadership of Director Togliatti, who continues to lead the Nevada Department of Public Safety, which includes the Nevada Highway Patrol,” a spokesperson for the governor mentioned Tuesday.
Togliatti was serving his second stint because the division’s director. In 2004, Republican Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn appointed Togliatti, in line with an archived press launch. He later turned vp of safety, surveillance and security at Mandalay Bay earlier than Democratic Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak appointed him to the place once more in 2019.
Each Conmay and Mleczko appeared earlier than committees on the Nevada Legislature in February amid the division’s almost 45% trooper emptiness charge. As of that month, 218 troopers patrolled statewide. The state funds requires 392 trooper positions, that means nearly half of the workforce is staffed.
For the primary time since 2017, extra individuals joined the division than separated in 2024, division management and Lombardo have mentioned, noting recruitment efforts over the previous yr have been profitable however that recruits tended to favor parole and probation over patrol.
The governor advised the 8 Information Now Investigators in March that raises this session had been unlikely amid a decent state funds and certain fewer federal {dollars}. The raises final session got here via Senate Invoice 440. The deadline for any new laws this session has handed.
Lombardo didn’t reply to feedback from state Democrats that anticipated federal authorities cuts from Republicans and President Donald Trump would impression the governor’s funds proposal, together with the impact on state workers.
