Newspaper looks at police accountability in Vegas-area city
ARTHUR KANE, Las Vegas Review-Journal
May 13, 2021
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LAS VEGAS (AP) Law enforcement officers with years of sustained citizen complaints, allegations of sexual misconduct or criminal arrests are still working in one southern Nevada city, and some have been promoted, a newspaper investigation of discipline and accountability found.
One Henderson police officer, now a lieutenant, faced about 50 allegations with nearly a dozen sustained allegations over his 18-year career, records show. He violated use-of-force rules by kicking a man having diabetic seizure during a highly publicized traffic stop, threatened another while serving a warrant and lied in a police report, according to internal affairs documents. Despite that, he was promoted twice.