In The News: University Police Services
Eleven agencies including the Metropolitan Police Department gathered Saturday to present the All Clear Expo, a law enforcement career fair.
UNLV Police Services unveiled its latest safety tool this week. The RebelSAFE app aims to provide a safe environment to the 35,000 students, faculty and staff who frequent the university’s campuses, according to officials.
Since 2015, UNLV has been working to upgrade the campus' emergency phone systems. So far, ten emergency phone systems have been installed on the campus, and campus police say they plan to install eight more.
As thousands of UNLV students head back to class Monday, they are meeting brand new security features on campus aimed at keeping them safe. Roughly $250,000 was invested to install 18 new high-tech emergency phones across the UNLV campus in high traffic areas.
When UNLV students converge on campus Monday for the beginning of fall courses, they will be greeted by a new safety feature.
It's winter break. All is quite on campus until a voice interrupts a December afternoon. “The emergency notification system has been activated,” said the recording, which came promptly at 2 p.m.
After an attack at Ohio State University Monday, some people can’t help but ask, “what if that happened here?” Police at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas told FOX5 they prepare as best as they can for the worst on campus. UNLV Chief of Police Jose Elique said even though the attack in Ohio happened 2,000 miles away, it still hits home.
Mike Rayburn used to run and cycle to stay in shape.
But the 54-year-old past president of the National Speakers Association of Las Vegas gave up running, he said, because of the pressure it placed on his knees, back and hips.
When the University of Nevada, Las Vegas purchased a 42-acre plot of vacant land on Tropicana Avenue in December, Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow was the first to reach out to the academic institution.
The latest high-profile mass shooting has fueled the nation's gun law debate once again.
Police officers at UNLV have increased their "police presence and visibility" in the wake of the mass shootings earlier Thursday in Oregon.
Campus police at UNLV say they will be on high alert over the next few days given the fear of copycat shootings after what happened in Oregon.