The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, like other police departments, federal agencies and the nation as a whole had to adjust to the circumstances of September 11, 2001. We entered into a new arena - dealing with terrorism at the local law enforcement level. The Department created its Homeland Security Division comprised of the newly created and staffed Homeland Security Bureau along with the existing Vice and Narcotics Bureau.

In conjunction with our department's coordinated efforts with our state and federal counterparts, the Department has committed additional personnel to supporting the national effort against terrorism via the Southern Nevada Joint Terrorism Task Force. We have also harnessed the flexibility and ingenuity of officers in our newly created counter-terrorism section, our existing criminal intelligence section, technical and surveillance section, and our special investigations section in an all encompassing evaluation of community wide sources of information in the war against terrorism. The Homeland Security Bureau has also expanded and enhanced our capacity to more accurately define and mitigate emerging events with the creation of our all-hazard ARMOR response unit and our emergency management section.

We need and solicit our community's assistance as we all think globally and act locally in our collective war on terrorism. Links in this section provide further, detailed  information on terrorism topics. Please report any unusual terrorism related matters to our counter-terrorism section at 828-8384, our terrorism hotline at 828-8386 or on-line via e-mail.