LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released its Use of Force and Vehicle Pursuit Annual five-year 2020-2024 report, highlighting the department’s efforts to learn from and refine its police response.
Metro released the report Wednesday, which is a five-year examination of officer-involved shootings, non-deadly use of force incidents and vehicle pursuits.
In 2024, LVMPD’s jurisdictional population was 1,699,140 and a total of 1,391,226 events were generated. Out of those events, 17 were officer-involved shootings, the report said.
From 2020-2024, the number of officer-involved shootings ranged from a low of 10 to a high of 19. Over the five years, subjects were armed in 97% of the incidents. The report said there has been an increase in subjects armed with a knife or sharp object during the officer-involved shootings.
Most of the officers involved in an officer-involved shooting had one to five years of tenure and were assigned to patrol.
In 2024, 922 incidents ended with reportable non-deadly use of force, with 748 of those by LVMPD officers and 174 by LVMPD corrections officers. Over the five-year period, the total incidents ranged from a high of 947 to a low of 905, the report said.
In 2024, LVMPD had 51 vehicle pursuits, the lowest in the past five years. Most of the vehicle pursuits were initiated for felony offenses and a majority lasted for five minutes or less and traveled five miles or less, according to the report.
Last year, LVMPD said it focused on areas of improvement such as effective communication, preplanning, officer safety, and supervisor response to critical incidents.
The report was prepared by the Office of Internal Oversight and Constitutional Policing.
