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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Nevada.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 76 law enforcement agencies employing 6,643 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.
In 1864, Washoe County was consolidated with Roop County, and Lake's Crossing became the county's largest town. Lake had earned himself the title "founder of Reno". [ 9 ] Once the railroad station was established, the town of Reno officially came into being on May 9, 1868. [ 10 ]
Washoe City was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by Reno in 1871. In 1911, a small band of Shoshone and Bannock led by Mike Daggett killed four stockmen in Washoe County. [ 3 ] A posse was formed, and on February 26, 1911, at the Battle of Kelley Creek , eight of Daggett's band were killed, along with one member of the posse, Ed ...
Gardner was arrested for alleged domestic battery and battery with a deadly weapon, according to the Washoe County Sheriff's Department. Jail or Agency: Washoe County Detention Center; State: Nevada; Date arrested or booked: 4/12/2016; Date of death: 4/20/2016; Age at death: 34; Sources: Washoe County
The Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge on Anaho Island in Pyramid Lake, Nevada. [1] The refuge was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913 as a sanctuary for colonial nesting birds.
The Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Western Nevada, anchored by the cities of Reno and Sparks. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 490,596.
Washoe County, home to Reno, is the second-largest county in Nevada, with nearly a half-million residents, and it has been a hotbed of voter fraud claims despite little evidence.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two top officials in Nevada are asking the state Supreme Court to step into a fray over a vote earlier this week by Washoe County commissioners not to certify recount results ...