Amid a rise in fatal crashes and overall poor driving, the University Police Department is launching a new unit dedicated to holding bad drivers accountable. The department, which provides police services for schools, including the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the College of Southern Nevada, launched the unit last week.

As turkeys take center stage on tables up and down the country, they are also playing an important role on the streets of Las Vegas this holiday season. A unique demonstration, ran near Cashman Middle School, sees an office don a turkey costume before stepping into the crossroad to see which drivers yield, particularly during the busy holiday season. Officers from the Clark County School District Police, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Henderson Police Department, North Las Vegas Police Department, and UNLV Police Department joined forces for the event.

Officers across the Las Vegas valley handed out the kind of holiday “stuffing” no driver wants. Police used a giant turkey mascot to enforce crosswalk laws. The operation took place near 4622 West Desert Inn Road, just east of Decatur Boulevard outside James Cashman Middle School. Officers from CCSD Police, LVMPD Traffic, North Las Vegas Police, Henderson Police, and UNLV Police took part in the effort. In just a few hours, officers conducted 145 traffic stops and issued 109 citations to drivers who failed to yield to the oversized turkey in the crosswalk. One vehicle was also towed.

A rise in homeless encampments in the south central part of Clark County near Flamingo and Maryland Parkway has prompted Commissioner Tick Segerblom to team up with local agencies such as Las Vegas Metro Police, UNLV Police, the Regional Flood Control District and HELP of Southern Nevada to partner up to better help and address growing concerns throughout the nearby community.

UNLV President Chris Heavey and University Police Department Chief Arnold Vasquez announced plans to boost campus security with more full-time officers and a new Campus Service Officer (CSO) program set to launch this summer. The university's contract with a supplemental private security company will conclude on June 30.

The UNLV Police Department is experiencing a critical shortage of officers. The university confirms they have 20 vacancies they are trying to fill.

Residents and apartment managers near UNLV continue their calls for crackdowns on homeless encampments, as police and local leaders offer solutions at a Wednesday night town hall.

Cameras that can read license plates are part of the security response that followed the Dec. 6, 2023, shooting on the UNLV campus. They are just part of what UNLV is doing in an effort to keep students safer.

When UNLV students return to Frank and Estella Beam Hall for classes in two weeks, nothing should look too different from last December — before the building was closed after a shooting spree that resulted in the death of three professors and left another severely wounded.

When UNLV students return to Frank and Estella Beam Hall for classes in two weeks, nothing should look too different from last December — before the building was closed after a shooting spree that resulted in the death of three professors and left another severely wounded.

Frank and Estella Beam Hall at UNLV appears to look the same. Look closely, however, and you’ll notice the differences. About eight months after an active shooter on Dec. 6, 2023, killed three professors and wounded another in Beam Hall, the building is reopening for UNLV’s fall semester with $38 million in enhanced safety measures.

The fall semester here at UNLV begins on Aug. 26. That will be the first time students will be returning to Beam Hall. It's been closed since the shooting on Dec. 6, and staff has been working hard to make sure students and faculty feel safe.