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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.
Washoe County was created on November 25, 1861, as one of the original nine counties of the Nevada Territory. It is named after the Washoe people who originally inhabited the area. It was consolidated with Roop County in 1864. Washoe City was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by Reno in 1871. In 1911, a small band of Shoshone and ...
Murder of Brianna Denison. Brianna Zunino Denison (March 29, 1988 – January 20, 2008) was a college student who was abducted on January 20, 2008, from a friend's house in Reno, Nevada. Her body was discovered on February 15, 2008, in a field near a Reno business park after being raped and murdered.
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a Rottweiler was fatally shot by a dog owner at Rancho San Rafael Park in Nevada. An incident report reveals the Rottweiler got into a ...
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 ...
Minutes after Renner shared his comments, Nevada's Washoe County Sheriff's Office gave an update on exactly what had happened to the Hawkeye star at a livestreamed news conference. Officials made ...
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 ...
Thornhill was arrested for alleged domestic battery, domestic battery with a deadly weapon and kidnapping in the 2nd degree, according to the Washoe County booking report. Thornhill died by asphyxia due to hanging, according to the Washoe County Medical Examiner's Office. Jail or Agency: Washoe County Detention Center; State: Nevada