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City reports rise in park arrests, cites data-driven patrols at three hot-spot parks
Summary
Las Vegas Department of Public Safety reported a year-to-date increase in arrests and citations at city parks through September 2025, attributing the rise to stepped-up officer presence and a data-driven COPRA strategy focused at three parks.
Lieutenant Cheryl Manning of the Las Vegas Department of Public Safety reported to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission on Oct. 7 that arrests and citations at city parks and recreation centers rose to 2,459 year to date through September 2025, a 39.2% increase from the same period in 2024.
Manning said the increase reflects "deliberate increased officer presence and proactivity in enforcement efforts aimed at enhancing public safety in all city parks." She told commissioners the department has expanded a data-driven policing model it described as the COPRA curve strategy, which concentrates frequent, brief and randomized patrols in high-activity “hot spot” areas to deter criminal behavior.
The department identified Justice Levitt Family Park, Lorenzi…
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