Background check including a polygraph and other testing. The Police Academy itself is about 6 months long, then after graduation new recruits will field train with another officer for an additional six months. A new officers salary starts around 50 thousand dollars a year. Christianne Klein metro Officials Say its not just officers they need. They also need to hire additonal support staff including dispatchers and administrative positions. If youre interested weve put a link on our ws Denise Valdez nevadas attorney general is telling shoppers to be on the lookout for fake shopping apps. In recent weeks. A slew of counterfeit retail apps have popped up in apples app store. So how do you protect yourself. Especially during the Holiday Season . Consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen has the answer Michelle Mortensen trying to avoid the malls this Holiday Season by shopping on apps. Could prove to be dangerous to your wallet. Why . Turns out hundreds of fake they look like popular stores. B
Here at 8 news now im Sharie Johnson. Class will be back in session tomorrow for both Clark County School district as well as unlv and many are wondering how to dress. Katie boer is here to give us a look at your bus stop forecast tomorrow. Katie . katie boer head back to school. Your extended forecast shows temps. Returning back to the triple digits for the next three or four days before another slight dip back to the upper 90s. Sharie Johnson from the skies to the roads. Valley Law Enforcement is urging drivers to stay safe. Your commute will soon see more traffic anchor Demetria Obilor has a look at some areas sure to slow you down in this weeks look ahead. Students go back to School Tomorrow morning, so expect a lot more traffic on the road. There are cone zones all throughout town that are going to slow you down. Well talk about a few of them you may want to watch out for. Up in the northwest, theres a lot of work happening on ann road and 215, plus theres a bus yard nearby. Expec
Expect highs to range between 101 and 106 degrees valley wide with our peak heat on tuesday between 103 and 108 degrees. Winds look to be mild but the heat, winds, and sky conditions change into wednesday. Right now. Bus drivers are hitting the thousands of kids here in the valley. Parker collins is live at the bus yard near mlk and cheyenne giving us a first hand look. Parker adlibs parker adlibs parker adlibs with the start of the School Year Just hours away, the district will notice some new faces. Officials are focusing on addressing the Teacher Shortage addressing the Teacher Shortage 13 action News Reporter Marissa Kynaston joins us from matt kelly elementary. To tell us how this year will be different for your kids. Marissa adlibs starting today there are over 1500 new teachers joining Clark County School district this year. All the new faces are a sign of progress for the district st Teacher Shortage. According to the superintendent the district still has 300 positions open. Pa
Likely build in allowing for partly cloudy conditions and winds to pick up between 10 and 20 mph with gusts occasionally at 30 mph. As the trough passes overhead, mid afternoon coming in at 20 chances for showers and possible thunder to the mountains. As this happens, temperatures getting any rain but, the winds will still be breezy and high highs between 96 and 101 degrees. With the start of the School Year Just hours away, the 3hundred 20 thousand studentsacross the district addressing the Teacher Shortage 13 action News Reporter Marissa Kynaston joins us from matt kelly elementary. To tell us how this year will be different for your kids. Marissa adlibs starting today there are over 1500 new teachers joining Clark County School district this year. All the new faces are a sign of progress for the district struggling with a massive Teacher Shortage. According to the superintendent the district has filled about 60 percent of those open positions in the classroom. Looking forward to the
Lake for 5 days. Lake las vegas looks just like it used to. When its closed down, the only thing its closed down to is bodily contact, so you can still go out on the boat, but we dont reccommend swimming, we dont even allow swimming for that 5 days. The lake cant operate. When theres an overflow from a storm. We sample the lake for 5 days, we send it off for testing to ensure there are no contaminants that would be harmful to any human contact with the lake. The lake closed on tuesday. After rain flooded parts of the valley. Water that came in a half hour over the nellis area and then it finally ended up here which is the way it usually does. Nellis Airforce Base saw 1. 9 inches of rain from that same storm. The tests are taken to make sure the water isnt contaminated. I have grandchildren ive had in this lake. I would not let them swim in the lake if i thought it wasnt safe. The opening comes just in time for this years country in the great meats, weve got a few pigs on the grill righ