LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division launched its Use of Pressure and Automobile Pursuit Annual five-year 2020-2024 report, highlighting the division’s efforts to study from and refine its police response.
Metro launched the report Wednesday, which is a five-year examination of officer-involved shootings, non-deadly use of power incidents and automobile pursuits.
In 2024, LVMPD’s jurisdictional inhabitants was 1,699,140 and a complete of 1,391,226 occasions had been generated. Out of these occasions, 17 had been officer-involved shootings, the report stated.
From 2020-2024, the variety of officer-involved shootings ranged from a low of 10 to a excessive of 19. Over the 5 years, topics had been armed in 97% of the incidents. The report stated there was a rise in topics armed with a knife or sharp object throughout the officer-involved shootings.
A lot of the officers concerned in an officer-involved taking pictures had one to 5 years of tenure and had been assigned to patrol.
In 2024, 922 incidents ended with reportable non-deadly use of power, with 748 of these by LVMPD officers and 174 by LVMPD corrections officers. Over the five-year interval, the entire incidents ranged from a excessive of 947 to a low of 905, the report stated.
In 2024, LVMPD had 51 automobile pursuits, the bottom up to now 5 years. A lot of the automobile pursuits had been initiated for felony offenses and a majority lasted for 5 minutes or much less and traveled 5 miles or much less, in response to the report.
Final 12 months, LVMPD stated it centered on areas of enchancment resembling efficient communication, preplanning, officer security, and supervisor response to vital incidents.
The report was ready by the Workplace of Inside Oversight and Constitutional Policing.
