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Law Enforcement Opposition Will Kill ‘Sanctuary State’ Bill

March 16, 2017 by 911media


SB223, the “sanctuary state” bill from Sen. Yvanna Cancela, D-Las Vegas, is going to die. There’s no need to look for a suspect. Nevada law enforcement is killing it right now. And we’re all safer for it.

Lobbyists with the Metropolitan Police Department and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office told me they are going to oppose the bill publicly, because it would make Nevadans less safe by releasing criminals who should be deported, eroding relationships with federal law enforcement and costing their departments more than $12 million a year in lost grants.

To understand how extreme Cancela’s bill is, you need to know how lax Nevada’s current policy is when it comes to illegal immigration. You could walk up and down the Vegas Strip in a shirt proclaiming that you’re here illegally, and Metro officers wouldn’t give you a second look.

“We get 3 million 911 calls a year,” said Chuck Callaway, director of intergovernmental services for Metro. “We don’t have time to run around and look for illegal immigrants. But by the same token, if somebody is booked into the detention center, because they’ve committed a crime, we feel it’s in the best interest of public safety to vet that person and, if they are a priority for deportation, to make that notification to ICE.”

Metro books 50,000 people a year. It notifies Immigration and Customs Enforcement 1,500 times a year that a criminal is an undocumented immigrant. ICE comes and picks up just 170 of them a year. Metro won’t even hold someone for ICE unless they receive written probable cause, and ICE gets them within 48 hours.

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*Retirement Alert*

Congratulations to LVMPD Police Officer Jeffrey Corbett who recently retired after serving Las Vegas Metro and our community for over 27 years!!!

LVPPA President Steve Grammas had the privilege of presenting Jeff this plaque on behalf of grateful association.

Jeff, congratulations on a great career and a well earned retirement.

Congratulations to LVMPD Police Officer Thomas Farris who retired last week after serving our community and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 20 years.
LVPPA President Steve Grammas had the privilege of presenting Thomas this plaque on behalf of a grateful association.
Congratulations on a great career and a well earned retirement.

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Congratulations to LVMPD Police Officer Bryan Bertges who retired this week after serving Las Vegas Metro and our community for nearly 28 years.

LVPPA President Steve Grammas had the privilege of presenting Bryan this plaque on behalf of a grateful association.

Congrats Brother on a great career and a well earned retirement.

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