Nevada

Officers were on scene of a fatal crash when a vehicle didn’t notice the closed road; the driver narrowly missed striking the officers and rolled down an embankment into frigid waters

Kevin McMahill offered drones as a quicker way to respond to ShotSpotter notifications in chronic hotspots

Tyson Shawn Jordan Hampton is facing 27 felony charges after fatally shooting Officer Truong Thai during a domestic disturbance call

The suspect fired 18 shots that an official described as an “AK-47 pistol,” which penetrated the officer’s ballistic vest

Officer Truong Thai, who was wearing a ballistic vest, was shot in the torso and died at a hospital

Officer Truong Thai, 49, was fatally wounded while answering a report for a domestic disturbance and stopping a vehicle near the Las Vegas Strip

The man faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of murder

Police said they were continuing to investigate the motive but do not believe there was an altercation before the attacks

“This partnership is vital as LVMPD works to recruit diverse, qualified candidates for the position of police and corrections officer."

Police beefed up nighttime staffing after social media posts urged people from San Francisco and Portland to come to the “sideshow” in Reno

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. It didn’t hinder anyone on my team’s actions. We did what we had to do.”

Even if a detailed plan for every contingency isn’t possible, just having the idea of what might happen can lessen the shock and improve response

Porfirio Duarte-Herrera was convicted in 2010 of killing a hot dog stand vendor using a motion-activated bomb atop a car parked at the Luxor casino

Five years after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, first responders have access to a 50,000-square-foot high-tech tactical training center

“We knew that just arresting wasn’t going to get this problem solved,” said officer Mike Thiele