In The News: University Police Department

KSNV-TV: News 3

Campus police at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are seeking suspects in connection to a string of golf cart thefts.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

University Police services say seven golf carts have been stolen from the University of Nevada Las Vegas main campus.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

At least seven golf carts have been stolen from UNLV’s main campus. University police say the incidents occurred between Sept. 15 and Oct. 23 at all hours of the day.

Las Vegas Sun

Paul Velez, a lieutenant with University Police Services at UNLV, received a phone call saying there was a security issue at the university’s International Gaming Institute that required his attention.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The new unified police force overseeing security at UNLV, the College of Southern Nevada, the Desert Research Institute and Nevada State College will create citizen review and advisory boards by the start of the fall semester.

Department of Justice

The Department of Justice today announced $750,000 in funding was awarded to three law enforcement agencies in Nevada, as part of the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 596 law enforcement agencies across the nation, which allows those agencies to hire 2,732 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. The awards are inclusive of the $51 million announced in May as part of Operation Relentless Pursuit.

KNPR News

The drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Orleans is closing and testing will be shifted to UNLV.

Las Vegas Sun

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing at the Orleans will move to UNLV’s Tropicana Avenue parking garage next to the Thomas & Mack Center starting Wednesday, Clark County officials said.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Two Nevada universities are reporting an uptick of sexual, domestic, and dating violence over the past two years.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Two more restaurants have been announced for The You at University Gateway, a new housing and retail complex on Maryland Parkway across from UNLV.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

University police in the Las Vegas valley have been awarded a grant for more than $12,000. The money is meant to upgrade safety near UNLV and CSN.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV students confronted administrators Tuesday over the university’s response to a shooting threat discovered in a bathroom stall on campus on Oct. 10.