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.

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.”

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A longtime Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer has been arrested on several domestic violence charges. According to the department, Officer Robert Bell was booked into the Clark County Detention Center. It is unclear what led up to the arrest.

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 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.