In The News: Division of Research

Las Vegas Sun

A yearlong study of police body-worn cameras shows Metro Police officers were less likely to use force while wearing the recording devices.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

A study conducted by CNA, a nonprofit research firm, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan police department found that the implementation of body-worn cameras reduced the number of use of force incidents, found officers and community members more accountable and increased efficiency within the department.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The results are in after a year-long study on body-worn cameras by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Body cameras are reducing the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's use of force but also building public trust, according to a new year-long study examining how the cameras affect police work.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Researchers said a yearlong study into the Metropolitan Police Department’s use of body-worn cameras showed a decrease in police misconduct, complaints and use of force.

Las Vegas Sun

Around the world in a year. That’s how far Bo Bernhard, the engaging 44-year-old executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute, goes to answer clarion calls — he terms them “bat signals” — that beckon him.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Daniel Lopez came to Techstars Startup Weekend in Las Vegas with an idea he’s been carrying around with him since 2015.

Study Breaks

Amber Turner, a twenty-two-year-old undergraduate student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is probably busier than you. Turner, a first-generation minority student, is a senior studying Geology who put her collegiate studies on hold to partake in an eight-month internship working for NASA from January 2017 until August 2017.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The digital currency known as Bitcoin is gaining popularity but some websites which promise huge return in investments are causing concern.

GGRASIA

Japan can learn from Nevada’s experience, to ensure organized crime does not infiltrate the former’s nascent casino industry, and to make sure the social and economic effects of such gaming business benefit the tourism sector and society rather than harm the host community.

GGRASIA

Japan can learn from Nevada’s experience, to ensure organized crime does not infiltrate the former’s nascent casino industry, and to make sure the social and economic effects of such gaming business benefit the tourism sector and society rather than harm the host community.

Las Vegas Review Journal

In 2015, North Las Vegas-resident Mike Ziethlow had an idea for creating something like a Yelp for independent music, but he didn’t know how to turn that idea into a product.