In 2023, a Skydio sales representative sent a customer proposal to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. LVMPD Chief of Staff Mike Gennaro forwarded the email to venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, asking which deployment option the department should choose. Horowitz replied with a question: Which deployment are you looking to do? Gennaro’s response, according to… Continue reading Whatever You Want, Ben
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Las Vegas Race Riots
Stan Armstrong remembers the day a Rancho High School coach grabbed him by the shirt, threw him into an equipment room, and locked the door. Outside, police helicopters circled overhead. Students shouted. Officers screamed. Armstrong, trapped inside, could hear everything. When the noise stopped, the coach returned, walked Armstrong onto a school bus, and sent… Continue reading Las Vegas Race Riots
Water Cloud Wars
In December 2022, DigitalBridge Group and IFM Investors completed an $11 billion acquisition of Switch, the Las Vegas-based data center operator that runs some of the largest digital infrastructure campuses in the United States. The transaction pulled Switch off the New York Stock Exchange and made it a private company owned by infrastructure investment firms… Continue reading Water Cloud Wars
Wallstreet Bets On Nevada Water Rights
In 2022, D.R. Horton — one of the nation’s largest homebuilders — paid $291 million to acquire a 12-employee company operating out of a faux-Mediterranean office park in Carson City. The purchase was not for the staff or the real estate. It was for the water. Vidler Water Company spent two decades buying up remote… Continue reading Wallstreet Bets On Nevada Water Rights
THE CASES THAT WON’T CLOSE
On the morning of Jan. 8, 2020, residents in a North Las Vegas neighborhood near Ann Road and Clayton Street called 911 to report a man passed out in the gutter on the 5600 block of Indian Springs Drive. When officers arrived, they found 25-year-old Sidney De’Trae McKnight lying face down with a gunshot wound… Continue reading THE CASES THAT WON’T CLOSE
McMahill Announces Technology Expansion
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill delivered his annual State of the Department address this week, announcing two major initiatives: a global intelligence network called Project Meridian and an artificial intelligence system designed to connect every technology platform the department operates. The announcements came alongside statistics showing significant reductions in violent crime. Officer-involved… Continue reading McMahill Announces Technology Expansion
Was Policy Followed?
In the early hours of February 3, 2026, an officer-involved shooting inside a South Maryland Parkway apartment complex left both 28-year-old Quinton Baker and his young child dead, raising urgent questions about decision-making, training practices, and the handling of high-risk encounters involving mental-health crises. The incident began when a woman called police reporting that Baker… Continue reading Was Policy Followed?
LVMPDs ROI On Tech Donations and Grants
Las Vegas authorities spent the past week unraveling a hazardous-materials investigation that began with a quiet tip and ended with a full multi-agency operation involving police, federal agents, fire officials, and specialized scientific teams. Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the investigation started when LVMPD received limited information suggesting that laboratory equipment and possibly dangerous materials were… Continue reading LVMPDs ROI On Tech Donations and Grants
To serve And Abuse
Court records from a recent Clark County hearing detail criminal charges filed against an active Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer. During the proceeding, prosecutors outlined allegations including kidnapping, coercion, assault, and domestic battery. The charges stem from a series of alleged incidents spanning multiple years and occurring within an intimate relationship. The defendant is… Continue reading To serve And Abuse
Concerns Over School District Safety
An investigation of public documents and media reporting spanning 2020–2025 shows that the Clark County School District (CCSD) has faced repeated allegations of sexual assault, staff misconduct, and other serious campus-safety incidents — challenges that continue to affect students, staff, and the broader community. In November 2025, local police announced the arrest of a CCSD… Continue reading Concerns Over School District Safety
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