Department. Has resigned. Police chief bill conger just turned in his resignation. This comes after an investigation into a former animal control official. Accused of needlessly killing animals. It was revealed that conger had dropped a criminal case against former animal control supervisor Mary Jo Frazier when she retired from her job. An investigation revealed she illegally killed 91 animals. The case caused public outrage among boulder City Residents who found out their pets were among those killed. Dave Courvoisier last week you had a feeling if the runnin rebels stumbled, something would be done. Denise Valdez the rebels certainly stumbled and something was done. Sports director Chris Maathuis joins us with more on todays press conference at unlv. Chris Maathuis the University Made two players and the new coach available. Acting head coach todd simon met with the media. Simon held practice as the new head coach. Ryan miller and Stacey Augmon word is that max good may have left the
Last year we had four homicides in henderson and at this point we are into our investigation and its an unfortunate situation. karen castro investigators are still piecing together what happened. They are not saying who lives inside the home or who was in there where the shooting happened. karen castro the coroner will be releasing the name of the victim. This is the first homicide this year in hendersons jurisdiction. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. Denise Valdez and karen, what are neighbors saying about this shooting . karen castro ive spoken to a couple of neighbors and they are obviously shocked but they tell me they do not know who lives in the home. Even though records show the property has been owned by the same couple since 1993. paul joncich the school changing up Sex Education in clark county making it more comprehensive for middle and high school students. Denise Valdez this issue has been contentious since it came up. With a number of parents speaking out against
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Tool. So they cannot accomplish systemic reform. And so if, for example, we do not have a policy addressing a ban on racial profiling, for example, and that continues to be a factor in Law Enforcement in a particular community, it will defeat the purpose of the bodyworn camera if that purpose is to help reiterate Law Enforcement and the Community Together and their approach to Law Enforcement. I really appreciate all your answers. Again, im grateful to the chairman for calling this. As the cochair of the senate Law Enforcement caucus and someone that worked closely with Law Enforcement in my previous role, it is my hope that some of the different organizations you represent will Work Together to help develop some model guidelines and some model policies. It should be locally driven but not every community is going to have the resources, time and effort. I think bodyworn cameras are misperceived as an easy solution to very complex and deepseeded problems. They can be a constructive tool
Weir and mr. Bruder. I realize not every jurisdiction has mandatory recording of interrogations and how would you compare body cameras to other types of interrogations . What are some of the issues that you dont have with the interrogations that you have with the body cameras . Thank you, senator, for the question. As you know, there are other recording devices that are more widespread right now such as dashboard cameras used by Law Enforcement in stops. Those have been proven to be very effective Law Enforcement tools for many of the reasons that you articulated. Oftentimes it shows the officer acting in absolute conformity with the best practices that you would expect from police and Sheriffs Officers and state troopers. It is also great evidence of what actually happens on scene. Its also a good training thing, actually, i think for officers and theyre able to watch each other and see whats good and whats bad and make sure its really it is a very good way i think for people to learn