{"id":259298,"date":"2023-02-11T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T20:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=259298"},"modified":"2023-02-13T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T22:12:13","slug":"las-vegas-crime-round-up-dui-drivers-beware-metro-cops-to-patrol-on-super-bowl-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-crime-round-up-dui-drivers-beware-metro-cops-to-patrol-on-super-bowl-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Crime Round Up: Metro Cops Increase Patrol On Super Bowl Sunday, Funds Raised to Address Sex Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officers will be out in force for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/super-bowl-betting-to-attract-50m-us-adults-16b-wagers\/\">Super Bowl<\/a> Sunday, looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-strip-driver-rescued-from-fiery-car-is-reportedly-charged-with-dui\/\">intoxicated drivers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_259300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259300\" data-style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-259300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/las-vegas-stop-e1676326315631.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/las-vegas-stop-e1676326315631.png 780w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/las-vegas-stop-e1676326315631-430x262.png 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-259300\"class=\"text-description\">LVMPD officers stop a suspected intoxicated driver, pictured above. Officers will be in force in Las Vegas looking for possible DUI motorists on Super Bowl Sunday. (Image: <em>KSNV<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The selective enforcement will include anywhere from 30 to 35 officers. They will be on patrol from 5 p.m. Sunday to 3 a.m. Monday, according to the <em>Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Police did not identify the location of the enforcement effort. But it is expected to be in areas where DUI incidents are more frequent, the <em>Review-Journal<\/em> said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The LVMPD runs a \u201cDUI blitz\u201d each month, with this month\u2019s coinciding with the Super Bowl. Typically, on a non-Super Bowl day, the number of DUI blitz suspects caught is between the high teens and low 20s. In 2022, LVMPD officers arrested 38 suspected intoxicated motorists on Super Bowl Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Super Bowl will start at 3:30 p.m. (PT). Many bars, restaurants, and casinos in Las Vegas are holding Super Bowl-linked events.<\/p>\n<h2>Funds Raised For Sex Trafficking Victims<\/h2>\n<p>Nevada\u2019s Clark County Commission this week approved spending almost $3M for programs to help kids and teens who were sex trafficked or are potential victims of the crime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The program will help female children who may be as young as 11 up through 17 with therapy and other assistance, such as vocational training for a career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The money will benefit two programs in Nevada: Eagle Quest, a Nevada foster care agency, which will get about $1.5 million, and St. Jude\u2019s Ranch for Children in Boulder City, $1.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Some 400 children were assessed to be at risk of sex trafficking in Clark County in 2022, the <em>Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> reported. But only 50 were actually getting therapy and other types of assistance, county officials said.<\/p>\n<h2>New Healing Center Planned<\/h2>\n<p>Several casinos and the Clark County School District are among the organizations that donated money to St. Jude\u2019s to build a new Nevada \u201chealing center\u201d for young victims of sex trafficking. Planned for a 10-acre site, the $25M healing center is scheduled to open in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Among the donors are MGM Resorts International, The Cosmopolitan, Caesars Entertainment, and Aristocrat Gaming, according to a St. Jude\u2019s statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The facility will serve children over the age of 10. The center will have therapy and an on-site school to educate and counsel the children. Its program will address the long-lasting physical and psychological trauma linked to sex trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officers will be out in force for Super Bowl Sunday, looking for intoxicated drivers. The selective enforcement will include anywhere from 30 to 35 officers. They will be on patrol from 5 p.m. Sunday to 3 a.m. Monday, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 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