The will of the people and i hope that this body will put the politics aside and really join the American People and being pragmatic and taking steps to keep the fire arms out of the wrong hands. Thank you. Chair, you had 49 People Killed in your county by someone with one of these weapons. But more importantly, that individual was what we call lone wolf, in terms of somebody who we could not really bring a nexus to somebody overseas or Something Like that. Can you, in your Law Enforcement experience, explain what the challenge is for identifying extremist in communities, whether youre a member of the klu klux klan, whether youre a member of isil or any other entity and how does that play into your daytoday Law Enforcement experience . Thank you for the question. I can tell you that it is a challenge for us to identify the individuals who cause me harm to our nation, were only as good as the information that we received so, i believe that we have got to improve our Analytical Capabilit
A surge in Las Vegas gun crimes has promoted a police captain to tweet that “Operation Persistent Pressure II” is underway. Some of these arrests are on or near the Las Vegas Strip.
This image in a tweet from Las Vegas Police Capt. Dori Koren shows a gold-plated AK-47 that officers recently confiscated. Kalashnikov rifles were first produced in 1947, thus the name AK-47. (Image:
LVMPD)
Since the beginning of May, Capt. Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has tweeted videos and photographs of weapons and illegal narcotics that officers have confiscated in the Las Vegas Valley.
A tweet from Koren on May 6 shows a Kalashnikov rifle. The tweet reads, “While most people were sleeping last night, our (Convention Center Area Command) officers were catching bad guys! Yep, that’s right … they recovered this gold plated AK-47 rifle, a handgun, & some illegal drugs from a convicted felon out of Oregon.”