This is not an accident! We do not ACCIDENTALLY get into our car after becoming impaired!! We make choices....and this CHOICE killed an innocent person.
@LVMPD
@DriveSafeNV
@LVMPDSEAC
A suspected impaired driver took it upon himself to drive, run a red light, and to take the life of a mother of three young children on this Thanksgiving Day at Russell and Durango. Please keep this family in your thoughts.
#preventable
#AnEmptyChairAtTheTable
A DUI checkpoint was held at Charleston/ Rainbow.
At the end of the checkpoint, 22 drivers were arrested for impaired driving. 3 drivers were charged with felony child endangerment.
In a town of 24 hour alcohol, endless options to sober driver alternatives, there's no excuse!
No excuse! No explanation! No reason! A man, suspected of driving impaired, ran a red light at Craig/Rainbow. He slammed into another vehicle, killing the driver and critically injuring the passenger.
Someone could have prevented this. WAKE UP LAS VEGAS!!!
Wanted to say Thank you to all of the people who have reached out reference our motor officer who was involved in the crash on Saturday night. He is doing well considering the nature of the crash. Thank you again for your concern and well-wishes.
Speed enforcement at 95/Lake Mead. 4 hrs. 120 vehicles. 123 violations. Any lucky recipients? Friendly reminder... the speed LIMIT on the 95 is 65mph!
#BigGulp4Summer
❌❌❌IN CUSTODY❌❌❌
The suspect, Mitchell Magee, who was involved in the fatal Hit & Run crash at Decatur and Flamingo on July 6th, was taken into custody!! Thank you Las Vegas for helping bring justice to a family.
@LVMPD
@DriveSafeNV
Our Motor unit is ok after being involved in a ramming this morning. The bike will need a little work, though. Thank you for the concern!
#badguysgotojail
While investigating one collision involving impairment another impaired driver crashed into our scene injuring an officer and totaling a police motorcycle! Driving impaired puts everyone at risk. There is no excuse to drive impaired.
There are 120 motor cops on the street tonight! There are over 2,000 patrol officers working on this 24 hour New Year's Eve!!! Say hi!
#Goodbye2020
#BringOn2021
On Oct 24th, LVMPD Traffic and
@NHPSouthernComm
formed a DUI Strike Team. The focus of the team is to arrest those drivers suspected of impairment. Since its inception, this team of 4 officers and 3 troopers have removed 100 impaired drivers from our streets!!! A job well done!
When the lights are flashing for a school zone to reduce your speed, it’s not a suggestion! If YOU choose to drive 97MPH in a 25MPH school zone,YOU choose to take a ride to Clark County Detention Center!We have had 7 pedestrians killed on our roads just this week!!
@LVMPD
@LVMPD_Traffic
uses twitter to engage the community and communicate traffic safety. The bureau recently had a change in leadership and has increased social media outreach. It is unknown how or why
@LauraLoomer
was blocked but since we were made aware it has been corrected.
Today is the wet start of a 200 hour training journey for these officers. Motor school is not for the faint of heart. Today is DAY1️⃣. Day1️⃣for these👮♂️ are learning how to properly pick up a 800lbs 🏍.This is no easy task.
#SaferRoads
#MotorOfficer
#Training
#TrainEvenWhenItRains
PREVENTABLE🚨
Right now, LVMPD Fatal detectives are working on their preliminary investigation of our jurisdiction's 36th & 37th traffic fatality, at the intersection of. Pecos & Hacienda. This was an Auto vs. Auto collision.
3 innocent lives were taken from this earth, from their families, because of the selfish and reckless actions of one individual. 7 cars involved as they were sitting waiting for a traffic signal to change. When is it enough?
@LVMPD
@LVMPDSVAC
#EnoughIsEnough
❌❌❌❌HELP❌❌❌❌
We are investigating our 3rd fatal crash in 24 hours!!! Reckless driving! Failing to yield the right of way! All of these crashes were preventable. You drive a weapon! You MUST control it! You can end someone's life in an instant. You could end your own!
One of our motors was in a serious crash during the night on the highway. A vehicle stalled in the travel lane caused the three vehicle crash. Our motor suffered serious injury, but he is alert and aware of his surroundings.
🎆👮♂️LVMPD Traffic🎆👮♂️
Traffic officers dedicated to DUI enforcement have been on the streets since 7:30pm. In 2 hours, 10 impaired drivers have been given a one-way trip to the Clark County Detention Center or LV City Jail!!!
#WeWillTakeYouStraightToJail
#Where
'sMyCar
#TowYard
🚨ARREST MADE🚨On 1/7/2022 a coward left the scene of a fatal collision killing a pedestrian.The family was left with these haunting images to see. Today R.A.I.D.Officers made an arrest!
LLV230200003095
@LVMPD
🛑Results for the DUI weekend Blitz 🛑
Over this past weekend we blitzed the streets of Las Vegas with DUI enforcement. These results are 🤯. There are plenty of options available to drivers before you get behind the wheel of a 🚙 after you have been 🍺, or using illicit drugs.
Las Vegas City Jail is where he'll be spending his Time Out! Apparently, he didn't learn from his 1st! DUI
#2
costs a bit more. Luckily, there was no one injured.
#TimeOutIsBetterThanTimesUp
#StrikeTeam
It's a celebration when the DUI Strike Team removes an impaired driver from our streets! Not like an "oooh rah rah" celebration, but like a "thank goodness we don't have to notify a family their loved one was killed in a fatal crash" celebration!
@NHPSouthernComm
👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️Is this what is called "getting caught red-handed?!" Off to jail for a gross misdemeanor charge of "Placing Graffiti...causing $250-$5,000 in damages" NRS 206.330. N. Buffalo/N. Sky Pointe Dr.
#motorcops
@LVMPD
@LVMPDNWAC
'Stay Home for Nevada' does not mean:
A. Drive Impaired
B. Cause a crash at Boulder Hway/Tropicana for Fail to Yield Right of Way
C. Carry a Firearm while driving Impaired
D. Possess an Illegal Controlled Substance
#FlashingArrowMeansYouDontHaveTheRightOfWay
#DUIStrikeTeam
Officer Vadasy stopped by the emerging memorial at Maryland Parkway/Katie to pay his respects for the two young ladies killed on Aug. 3rd. A devastating impact on our community that fuels Officer Vadasy and others like him to remove impaired drivers from our streets.
#NeverForget
👏CONGRATULATIONS 👏Capt Letkiewicz is retiring today! He has been with the dept for over 25 years. He leaves behind many friends & colleagues. He will take with him a plethora of memories and experiences. We thank him for his service and wish him the best on his next endeavor!
Let us introduce our newest Honorary Officer Noe Huerta-Jimenez! Thank you to the Make A Wish Foundation for making Noe's dream to become a police officer come true! Noe got a full tour of our Traffic bureau, and even got to sit on a police Harley Davidson motorcycle!
Today we remember LVMPD Police Officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo, murdered six years ago in an ambush attack during their lunch break. We also honor
#LasVegas
resident Joseph Wilcox, who died when he heroically tried to intervene to stop the killers.
#LVMPD
#NeverForget
#RIP
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! The recent spate of fatal collisions in Clark County is utterly unacceptable. Lives are being needlessly lost, families shattered, and communities torn apart. It's time for us all to wake up and take responsibility. Slow down. Stop driving impaired.
Two innocent people were killed when a suspected impaired driver slammed into the rear of their car at Boulder Hway/Flamingo. The car burst into flames.
This senseless crash took two lives as we approach the Holiday season! Someone could have prevented this!
These guys are on fire!!! Pecos is hoppin'!
Please don't run thru red lights...especially when PSU is working at Lake Mead/Pecos...and you're under 21 driving high! Charged with DUI, PCS, and Fail to Obey Red Traffic Signal
#LivesSaved
#AdultingIsTough
LVMPD performed a DUI Blitz on Oct. 25th.
Results: 428 cars and 1 ped stopped, 169 traffic violations cited, 2 felony arrests; 1 warrant for Discharging a F/A, Battery DV, and PCS, 1 armed carjacking suspect arrested, 1 gun impounded AND 14 Impaired drivers arrested!!!
Today is the start of a 200 hour training journey for these officers. Motor school is not for the faint of heart. Today is DAY 1️⃣. Day 1️⃣ for these 👮♂️ are learning how to properly pick up a 800lbs 🏍. This is no easy task.
@LVMPD_Traffic
@HendersonNVPD
@NVStatePolice_S
The Traffic Fatal team investigated a horrible crash at Eastern /Harmon. Witnesses and the investigation say a speeding driver ran a red light and hit a car killing a child. We NEED the community to help us prevent and STOP these crashes.
The carnage of this crash should make us cringe. LT Munson is on the scene of a fatal investigation at Lake Mead and Stevens. Having patience and looking twice are the seconds that save lives.
@LVMPD
@DriveSafeNV
#changestartswithyou
#changestartsnow
What do we do when a driver suspected of impairment and driving recklessly at Nellis and Sahara hits 3 pedestrians waiting at the bus stop and kills 1? How do police prevent this?? How does the DA prevent this?? This is preventable!!!
#changestartswithyou
#changestartswithme
🛑🛑Important rules to follow when at a 4-way intersection controlled by stop signs. 🛑🛑
#3
. Straight over turning!!!
When two vehicles arrive at the same time, and they are across from each other, the vehicle traveling straight has the 'right of way' over the vehicle turning.
When you speed by cops, you have to expect to be stopped! 80 in a 65 on the 215. Speed + Impairment (Alcohol and Marijuana) + your child in the car= one-way to CCDC! The other was 60 in a 45 with alcohol and marijuana!
#stopdui
#JoeWouldBeDisappointed
#NoBullAboutDUI
@LVMPD
If you were stopped a week ago for speeding (52 in a 35) at Pecos/Bonanza, and ticketed....would you
#PressYourLuck
today? Stopped for speeding (75 in a 35). No ticket, this time.
Charges: Reckless Driving, DUI-Alcohol/Marijuana, PCS
#NoTrophiesForSecond
#AreHandcuffsTrophies
The DUI Strike Team stops a car for Following Too Closely and Unsafe Lane Change at Warm Springs/Durango. Their investigation led to an arrest for:
DUI Drugs
PCS
Possession With Intent to Sell
Trafficking a Controlled Substance
75.1 grams of Methamphetamine and $13,920 seized.
Motor school Monday!!! We have 19 officers participating in this motor school. Motor school is four weeks of riding and skills training. We'll keep you posted!!!
#lvmpd
## Can I get a Warning?? YES!!
#1
: We shared it on social media!
#2
: The speed limit sign is posted on the side of the roadway!
#3
: Speedometers are standard on all vehicles!
#4
: Waze showed you where we were!!!!
C'mon People!!! We can't make it much easier!!!
272 tickets!
🚨Attention! Attention! 💥
While our R.A.I.D. Officers were patrolling, a driver of a Chevrolet Sonic thought it would be a good idea to travel on the I-215 at 100MPH. Not only was he going to jail for this reckless driving but he also had previous warrants for reckless driving!
The LVMPD Traffic said Congratulations and Good Luck to Lieutenant D. Jacoby on his retirement. Lieutenant Jacoby dedicated over 25 years of his life to serving the Las Vegas community. We wish him well as we say goodbye. May retirement bring you happiness and many memories!
RAID is at it again‼️
RAID officers attempted to stop the driver of the White Chevy Camaro and he took off at a high rate of speed, on all three of these occasions.
#TheyStillHaventLearned
It's unbelievable that this is achievable!! The DUI Strike Team has arrested its 2000th Impaired Driver. In less than two years, this dual jurisdictional team of 10 officers from
@LVMPD
and
@NHPSouthernComm
have removed 2000 impaired drivers from our streets.
We have had 16 FATAL collisions in 29 days‼️ 10 of the 16 are Pedestrians. We are up 80% from this same time last year for pedestrian related FATAL collisions. This is a trend we cannot continue, Las Vegas!
🚨R.A.I.D. alert🚨
There is nothing special about you “spinning your tires” or “smoking them”. I wonder what your father is going to say when he finds out what you are doing with his car… You chose to participate in a street take over, you chose to go to jail!
DUI checkpoint is up and running.... already people are suspected of impairment. Please drive sober. Thank you
@LVMPDNEAC
for ensuring your area roads are safer.
#LVMPD
#DUI
When a crash report turns into....an arrest for Impaired Driving, PCS Methamphetamine and Xanax, UICS Controlled Substance in Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of Stolen Fire.
#NotJustAnotherCall
Please avoid the area of Nellis and Sahara as we investigate a fatal collision. A suspected impaired driver did this, killing a pedestrian waiting at a bus stop. 100% preventable.
🚨Reckless motorcycle🚨
*UPDATE* When you thought running from us at 115MPH was smart. Welp how does the 3 felonies and 5 Misdemeanors feel? I bet this rider is second guessing his decision.Many lives were saved by this arrest.
#youthought
#lockedup
#yougetafelony
The DUI Strike Team continues to work at keeping our streets safe! Two more impaired drivers were arrested. One was driving recklessly at 105mph on Lake Mead/Lamb; the other was passed out behind the wheel at a red light at Auto Show/95.
#TooFast
#StopDUI
#StrikeTeamSavesLives
Thank you to a concerned citizen for letting us know about this
#RecklessDriver
in a school zone. This driver was seen numerous times excessively speeding in a school zone.
For the 2nd time in the past 12 hours we are working another auto vs pedestrian fatal. This time with a suspected impaired driver. Are you tired of hearing this as much as we are saying it. 🤷🏻♂️🤦♂️. Not the way to start spring break. 💯 avoidable and another senseless death.
🛑🛑Important rules to follow when at a 4-way intersection controlled by stop signs. 🛑🛑
#1
. First come, first served!!!
The first car to arrive at the intersection receives the right-of-way. It does not matter where the car is located nor what direction it is traveling in.
The 95 is the name of the road...NOT the speed limit!!! Reckless driving, DUI, and Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Sell for this guy!!! Oh, and $1,880 in cash was seized.
#NotTheAutobahn
#SoMuchToImpoundInDollarBills
Nevada law enforcement agencies are Joining Forces between Dec. 18 and Jan. 2, 2018 targeting impaired drivers who not only pose threats to themselves, but innocent passengers and other road users.
LVMPD Traffic and
@NHPSouthernComm
have partnered to put a DUI Enforcement squad on the streets of Las Vegas. In its first four days of operation, the DUI squad arrested and charged 18 impaired drivers, took a panderer off the streets, and charged another with drug trafficking!