LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Regardless of immigration fears, North Las Vegas neighbors met with officers Tuesday to debate quite a lot of regulation enforcement points. The nice turnout, a attainable signal of the group’s belief.
The quarterly Neighborhood Connection occasion was a possibility for the North Las Vegas Police Division, NLV Code Enforcement, and Clark County College District police to interact with the residents. Round fifty neighbors attended the meetup and even the presenters acknowledged the attendance and anxiousness.
“I had a couple people call and say, ‘I don’t want to call the police because I don’t want to go to jail,’” North Las Vegas Councilwoman Ruth Garcia-Anderson stated. “I said you aren’t going to go to jail, but we are going to go in and assist them.”
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Garcia-Anderson stated she was glad to see her neighborhood come out and pressure and ask questions on the way to higher their group with the help of metropolis assets—the overall anxiousness not stopping them.
“One of the things that I that I say to my constituents when they call, when they reach out and they have concerns, ‘Come to these events,” she stated. “We know that there’s so much information out there that is not it’s not true. It’s not accurate. And what better opportunity to come to the library, which is a safe space. It’s a space where families, children come.”
The packed library assembly room additionally supplied a possibility for questions from Frank Guarino, an over-30-year Las Vegas valley resident, to ask questions on how NLVPD and ICE work together.
The quarterly Neighborhood Connection occasion was a possibility for the North Las Vegas Police Division, NLV Code Enforcement, and Clark County College District police to interact with the residents. Round fifty neighbors attended the meetup and even the presenters acknowledged the attendance and anxiousness. (KLAS)
The quarterly Neighborhood Connection occasion was a possibility for the North Las Vegas Police Division, NLV Code Enforcement, and Clark County College District police to interact with the residents. Round fifty neighbors attended the meetup and even the presenters acknowledged the attendance and anxiousness. (KLAS)
The quarterly Neighborhood Connection occasion was a possibility for the North Las Vegas Police Division, NLV Code Enforcement, and Clark County College District police to interact with the residents. Round fifty neighbors attended the meetup and even the presenters acknowledged the attendance and anxiousness. (KLAS)
“Is North Las Vegas providing the uniform presence to alleviate the confusion between citizens and the actual ICE agents,” Guarino requested.
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“North Las Vegas’ stance is we do abide by federal law,” a North Las Vegas Police Division official stated. “But when it comes down to supporting and aligning next with ICE that hasn’t been our experience yet. We are talking to navigate through what is going to be our approach with that. Our city leadership is at the table to ensure whatever mandates we need to follow to a federal statute we will.”
The query from Guarino got here from a spot near dwelling as his husband is legally going via the immigration course of.
“I petitioned him over he finally got here in 2022, and he has friends that won’t actually leave the house,” he stated. “You know, his husband doesn’t let him leave the house because he’s too scared. And I tell him that those are not true reports. And you know, you may hear something, you may see something, but proper identification and local law enforcement helping those agents properly identify themselves is absolutely pertinent.”
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Guarino stated he and his husband usually are not deterred from changing into energetic members of their group, each becoming a member of the North Las Vegas Residents Police Academy.
“My husband when he was fresh off the boat, in other words, he was literally freshly here back in 22’ he attended the academy,” he stated. “It’s not just based upon citizens. It’s open for everyone.”
