The City of Henderson Police Department, along with Nevada Highway Patrol, starts an enhanced traffic enforcement initiative targeting distracted drivers on Friday. The enforcement runs through January 25th.
For the next two weeks, Nevada Highway Patrol will be increasing DUI enforcement, targeting drivers who’ve been celebrating the holidays a little too much.
The driver of a box truck that struck and killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway last week, and told investigators he fell asleep at the wheel, had a high level of methamphetamine in his system, prosecutors said Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the Nevada Highway Patrol will be joining forces with the California Highway Patrol targeting the highly traveled interstate I-15 corridor between California and Las Vegas.
Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director George Togliatti has appointed Anne Carpenter as Colonel of the Nevada DPS, Highway Patrol Division. Colonel Carpenter officially took command of the Nevada Highway Patrol on Monday, where she'll oversee 491 sworn officers and 96 non-sworn personne