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RPD was established in 1903 to serve the growing community of Reno, which at that time consisted of a couple of square miles and had a population of around 1000. [1] Since then, RPD has grown along with the rest of the city. As of 2013, RPD provided law enforcement services to an area of 105.9 square miles (274 km 2) and a population of ...
In 2007, DPS Northern Nevada Communications center moved from the Reno Northern Command Headquarters into the State Emergency Operations Center in Nevada's capital city, Carson City. The Nevada Highway Patrol issues its Troopers a variety of non-lethal weapons, such as tasers, pepper spray, and a baton. The NHP also issues its Troopers take ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Nevada.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 76 law enforcement agencies employing 6,643 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.
SCOTT SONNER. May 28, 2024 at 5:20 PM. RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Reno police officer accidentally shot an unarmed suspect in 2020 when he flinched and pulled the trigger on his service revolver in an ...
Nevada Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public Safety of the State of Nevada, commonly known as the Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS), is a department of the state government of Nevada. [2] The agency is headquartered at 555 Wright Way in Carson City. [3]
Reno (/ ˈriːnoʊ / REE-noh) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, it is about 23 miles (37 km ...
On October 21, 2013, Jose Reyes, a 12-year-old student in seventh grade, opened fire with a handgun at the basketball courts of Sparks Middle School. He injured a 12-year-old student, KJ Kersey, in the shoulder. Michael Landsberry, a 45-year-old math teacher who was trying to intervene with Reyes, was shot and killed in the playground.
On September 16, 2011, The Galloping Ghost, a highly modified North American P-51D Mustang racing aircraft, crashed into spectators while competing at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, killing the pilot, Jimmy Leeward, and ten people on the ground. Sixty-nine more people on the ground were injured. [1][2] It was the third-deadliest airshow ...