Video-Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Search and Rescue

Administered by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the LVMPD Search and Rescue Unit was formed in 1986 to provide a technical rescue service to the community of Las Vegas, NV.  The unit is on call 24 hours a day and responds to over 8,000 square miles of mountainous desert terrain in Clark County, Nevada.  All members have completed extensive training in such skills as high angle rope rescue, helicopter operations, desert survival, tracking, land navigation, emergency medicine, and many others.  The unit operates by combining several highly specialized groups to complete its mission.  These groups including paid police officers, helicopter support, and more than 50 unpaid volunteers.

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