Scammers are preying on the kind hearts of Nevada residents, and they're using the Nevada Highway Patrol to do it.

NHP said it had received several complaints from citizens who said they were being solicited for donations on behalf of various police charitable originations.

NHP said the scam artists use a local phone number to conduct the con, and according to some callers, they were solicited from someone posing as a representative of the American Association of State Troopers, along with the Officer Down Charities for the Nevada Highway Patrol and the Nevada Highway Patrol itself.

When a person refuses to donate, NHP said witnesses told them the scammer would threaten unfair treatment from Troopers in the future.

"We want the community to be aware of this fraudulent activity and be sure to protect their personal information," NHP said... Read More

Two Nevada Army Guard units are back home after serving nearly a year overseas in the Middle East and family and loved ones are overjoyed with their safe return.

Around 250 Nevada Army Guard soldiers in the 17th Sustainment Brigade and the 137th Military Police detachment returned home after being in Kuwait and Afghanistan.

Among them were a father and son deployed together and working with the rest of the unit to keep the mission at hand a success.

There's no place like home for Sergeant James Richardson Junior.

"Sometimes I'd worry about him if he was in another country or more dangerous country and he'd worry about me the same," Sgt. James Richardson Jr. said.

He is one of the guardsmen deployed overseas for the past year. His father was in the same unit.

"It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to be deployed with your son," said Command Sgt. Major James Richardson, 17th Sustainment Brigade... Read More

For the first time, Metro is asking valley homeowners to notify them if they have a home surveillance system.

It will make it easier for them to look for video when a crime is committed.

Currently, when officers respond to a crime scene, they have to look around for any cameras that might have picked something up. It takes time to find the owners and look at the video.

If people with security cameras register with the department, police will have a list of addresses and contact numbers so they can quickly ask permission to see video that often helps solve crimes. The new program is called Vegas SafeCam and is already in use in Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Salt Lake City.

Registering your surveillance system with the department is completely voluntary. However, the more privately owned cameras they have on record, the more effective the program will be... Read More