Sheriff McMahill: West Las Vegas had a 0% homicide clearance rate in 2010
Sheriff Kevin McMahill · Las Vegas is Becoming the SAFEST City in America · Nov 18, 2024 · at 55:02
Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department recalls historical clearance rates in West Las Vegas prior to department reforms.
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“When I was working in 2010 as the captain of West Las Vegas, predominantly black part of town we had about 13 homicides. The solve rate was exactly, guess, zero. Not a single homicide had been solved.”
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