Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers will not enforce immigration violations, the department emphasized on Tuesday night by posting a department policy on social media.

After more than two decades, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's (LVMPD) Homicide Cold Case Unit has identified a woman whose remains were discovered

Las Vegas Metro police identified the female homicide victim as Virgia Mae Jackson, who is believed to have went missing sometime in 1999 or 2000, according to police.

Metro Police said they have identified the victim in a 2001 homicide cold case, according to a news release. Virgia Jackson was identified through DNA testing as the deceased woman in a case opened by Henderson Police.

After the number of shootings by Metropolitan Police Department officers rose in 2024 from the year before, Metro Assistant Sheriff Fred Haas said one crucial factor should be considered when thinking about how to reduce what are known as officer-involved shootings: experience.