NCJ Number
182980
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 67 Issue: 6 Dated: June 2000 Pages: 51-62
Date Published
June 2000
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This article discusses the involvement of Las Vegas, NV, law enforcement in controlling boisterous celebrations.
Abstract
On any given night, thousands of visitors and residents gather to celebrate in Las Vegas, presenting new challenges to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. However, the most serious challenge is to ensure the safety of New Year’s Eve celebrants, control boisterous celebrations and provide regular police services to a jurisdiction of more than 7,000 square miles. New Year’s Eve celebrations occur in “The Strip,” a 4-mile-long area that may host 400,000 people; a 6-block area in an older section of downtown Las Vegas; Prim, a small unincorporated town on the border between Nevada and California; and Laughlin, approximately 100 miles from the Las Vegas valley. Exacerbating the problem is that alcohol is served at all four sites. A comprehensive plan to prepare for New Year’s Eve would need to include a tactical operations plan for each of the four areas as well as plans for communications, logistics and support, calls for service, intelligence, detention services, prevention, and traffic. The article details the four tactical operations plans.