LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Las Vegas Metro Police is reminding the Valley about it’s policies on immigration enforcement. In their statement posted to X, they said in part “officers will not stop and question, detain, arrest or place an immigration hold on any individuals on the grounds that they are an undocumented immigrant.”

Metro Police said they have identified the victim in a 2001 homicide cold case, according to a news release. Virgia Jackson was identified through DNA testing as the deceased woman in a case opened by Henderson Police.

After more than two decades, a slain woman whose skeletal remains were found in 2001 has been identified by Las Vegas police. Virgia Mae Jackson was named in a Metropolitan Police Department news release on Wednesday.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers will not enforce immigration violations, the department emphasized on Tuesday night by posting a department policy on social media.

After the number of shootings by Metropolitan Police Department officers rose in 2024 from the year before, Metro Assistant Sheriff Fred Haas said one crucial factor should be considered when thinking about how to reduce what are known as officer-involved shootings: experience.

After more than two decades, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's (LVMPD) Homicide Cold Case Unit has identified a woman whose remains were discovered

A person who was hit by a vehicle while walking died Thursday, 10 days after the crash. On Jan. 6 at around 7:30 p.m., officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to East Tropicana Avenue east of South Nellis Boulevard after a report of a crash involving a pedestrian.