Officer Bret Theil LVMPD cop charged with dozens of counts related to the sexual abuse of a child

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Follow me Last month, I posted about Bret Theil, who was one of two LVMPD officers to be involved in an armed standoff with Metro’s own SWAT team during the same week. Unlike most regular citizens, Theil survived his encounter with SWAT completely unscathed, in spite of being armed, and

SWAT standoff at Cold Creek Canyon area with accused pedophile Officer Bret Theil

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Follow me On Wednesday (Feb. 7), it was announced that Officer Bret Theil, who has been with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department since 1998, had been indicted on charges related to the sexual abuse of a child. After his indictment was announced, Theil was involved in an armed standoff

Previous Charges Arthur Lee Sewall Former LVMPD Officer Murder

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Follow me Last week, I wrote about former Metro Police Officer Arthur Lee Sewall Jr., who was charged with murder and rape for the 1997 killing of a woman named Nadia Iverson. The original story was that a “lack of funding” prevented the testing of the Iverson’s rape kit and

Backlog Untested Rape Kits Police Refusing to Comply Audit Order

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Follow me Last week, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin stated that only about half of the police departments in the state were complying with an executive order she issued in April instructing them to perform an audit of all untested rape kits. To be clear, the order wasn’t to complete the

Kentucky Police Chief Todd Shaw Racist Facebook Messages With Recruit

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Follow me Court documents made public last week show “a pattern of highly disturbing racist and threatening Facebook messages” between Assistant Police Chief Todd Shaw and an unnamed Louisville Metropolitan Police Department recruit. Shaw was the acting chief of police for the Prospect Police Department in Jefferson County, Kentucky at

Rape Kit 1997 Murder Charges Arthur Lee Sewall Former LVMPD Officer

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Follow me Earlier this week, former Metro Police Officer Arthur Lee Sewall Jr. was charged with murder and rape for the 1997 killing of a woman named Nadia Iverson. Iverson’s body had been found by a construction crew at an unoccupied apartment in May of that year. He was finally

Nevada Cop Block Warning Gang Activity LVMPD Las Vegas

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Follow me Note: This post was shared with Nevada Cop Block via an anonymous reader submission. If you have videos, stories, upcoming events/protests, or personal interactions with the police (and/or “justice” system) that you would like to share, send them to us and we will do everything we can to

Las Vegas Strip New Years Negligent Discharge LVMPD Det Al Beas

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Follow me NYE Negligent Discharge It turns out that some of the fireworks on the Las Vegas Strip happened after New Years this year. An officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department managed to fire his rifle while moving barriers after the annual party on the Strip ended. That

Documentary What Happened in Vegas Ramsey Denison Laemmle Los Angeles Premier

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Follow me Los Angeles Premier “What Happened in Vegas,” the award winning documentary by Ramsey Denison, is set to open in Los Angeles tomorrow. The official West Coast theatrical premier of the documentary about corruption, coverups, and police brutality at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is being held at

New York Premier What Happened in Vegas Cinema Village Theater

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Follow me New York Premier “What Happened in Vegas,” the award winning documentary by Ramsey Denison, is set to open in New York City this week. The first showing of the movie about police brutality within the city of Las Vegas takes place at the Cinema Village Theater in East