LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The chief of Nevada Capitol Police has resigned months after somebody stole a rifle from a automobile assigned to the governor’s safety element, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
Chief John Letos resigned on Monday, a Division of Public Security spokesperson confirmed. The division didn’t present a motive for the resignation, citing the state’s personnel legal guidelines.
Letos oversaw the unit, which secures state buildings; and the Dignitary Safety Element, which presents safety for the governor and different high-ranking officers.
Letos’ resignation comes months after a totally automated submachine gun assigned to Gov. Joe Lombardo’s safety element was stolen from an unmarked state car. Two folks face costs linked to the theft.
The rifle was by no means recovered, a spokesperson for Las Vegas Metro police, which oversaw the housebreaking investigation, mentioned.
The auto housebreaking occurred Sunday, June 28, within the parking zone of a restaurant on Through Antonio Avenue, close to a state workplace advanced that homes the governor’s workplace and the Division of Public Security’s Las Vegas outpost, the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported.
The stolen firearm was a “fully automatic Sig Sauer MPX K SBR with a suppressor” — a weapon its producer describes as a “submachine gun,” paperwork mentioned.
A spokesperson responded to the 8 Information Now Investigators’ questioning concerning the rifle that she was “unable to provide specific details” as a consequence of “operational security,” however that it was a division weapon and coverage states “division chiefs may issue their authorized personnel firearms appropriate to the division mission.”
On some nights, simply three, 4, perhaps 5 state police troopers are patrolling the complete Las Vegas valley, an space dwelling to 2.3 million folks and tons of of hundreds of vacationers without delay, resulting in considerations about security amid the division’s ongoing staffing scarcity. (KLAS)
A spokesperson declined to remark additional, citing an ongoing inner investigation. A number of folks advised the 8 Information Now Investigators they had been stunned by the resignation, saying Letos was well-liked inside the division.
Amid repeated questioning concerning the stolen rifle, Letos’ resignation, and a narrative about low morale, the division canceled a deliberate 8 Information Now Investigators story inside Nevada Freeway Patrol about DUI instances and security.
8 Information Now Investigator David Charns might be reached at [email protected].
