By Akiya Dillon
Las Vegas Review-Journal

LAS VEGAS — Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill introduced two new tasks on Friday that he stated his division would undertake this yr.

In one, the Metropolitan Police Department would broaden its world intelligence and counterterrorism efforts, and in one other, construct its personal “AI brain.”

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During the Metro’s yearly State of the Department deal with at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the sheriff introduced the news and highlighted the division’s successes and challenges from 2025.

He touted the occasion as “an opportunity to show the community what this police department — what this collective Southern Nevada first responder community — has accomplished with the support of so many of our elected officials and what the men and women of LVMPD have gone out and done day in and day out.”

Among the accomplishments, McMahill stated, was the 58 p.c lower in police shootings from 2024 to 2025. Also, the division noticed 90 homicides final yr, which McMahill, who took workplace in 2023, described as Metro’s lowest on document.

“Ninety is still far too many,” McMahill stated. “But we’re going to continue that downward trend as we move forward. In fact, we’re already at a downward trend at the beginning of this year, and I’m extremely proud of what these guys have done.”

McMahill additionally stated that site visitors fatalities have been an “area we didn’t do so well” within the final yr. As in earlier years’ addresses, McMahill stated that the division’s purpose was to scale back the variety of deadly crashes inside Metro’s jurisdiction.

More than 160 individuals died in crashes in Metro’s jurisdiction in 2024. In 2025, that quantity rose by three. But McMahill stated the difficulty was not merely a police or enforcement drawback, particularly provided that Metro issued 60 p.c extra citations than the yr earlier than, however a societal drawback.

He stated the identical in regards to the valley’s homelessness problem, including that 13 homeless individuals died by murder in 2025. McMahill stated that the division had not carried out sufficient to deal with the issue.

“I’m finally getting to the point where everybody understands it’s not a Metro problem,” McMahill stated. “So (we’re) inviting electeds in, the city, the county, nonprofits and others that have a heart to help us to try new strategies.”

Officer wellness

The sheriff talked about officer wellness as a particular space of curiosity for the division. The division has gone two years with out an officer suicide, which McMahill stated had not occurred since he joined the division 35 years in the past.

Toward the occasion’s conclusion, McMahill highlighted the division’s technological progress.

He stated that in 2026, Metro plans to provoke the Meridian challenge, which is able to arrange a 24/7 real-time evaluation desk to broaden counterterrorism readiness. The challenge can be financed by over 1,000,000 {dollars} in non-public donations and can create a worldwide intelligence community, permitting Metro employees to be stationed in and journey to different cities to collaborate with associate companies going through comparable terrorist threats.

“When instability rises overseas, whether it’s in the Middle East or other regions, it doesn’t stay there,” McMahill stated. “It travels through ideology, through online platforms.”

He referenced the 2025 Cybertruck explosion, a biohazard lab linked to Chinese residents investigated by regulation enforcement final month and the latest bombing at Piero’s Italian Cuisine.

Another new challenge, the AI-powered Okay.V.N., or Knowledge Value Network Project , will interconnect the division’s expertise system to make sure that data “flows smoothly, securely, and intelligently,” the sheriff stated.

McMahill supplied an instance of a suspect launched from jail years after committing a collection of robberies, just for comparable crimes to start out occurring once more. He stated these connections can get misplaced when the unique detectives have moved on, however new built-in methods would permit investigators to cross-reference particulars such because the suspect’s working methodology, car, and jail launch data, to determine repeat offenders a lot quicker.

McMahill known as the challenge futuristic, including that it will permit officers to spend much less time buried in paperwork and extra centered on management, accountability, and repair.

“I’m not good at technology, but I know how to build teams. I know how to cast a vision,” McMahill stated. “This will be one of the most impactful technology projects we’ve ever embarked on, and it will enhance every aspect of our organization, from crime fighting to employee wellness.”

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Nana-chan had been greeting buyers and expressing “thanks” to clients forward of the shop’s closure, however shortly after 10 a.m. on February twenty second, the model’s arm abruptly fell limp whereas waving.

A bystander captured the second and supplied the footage to native broadcaster Me~tele.

Fortunately, no elements fell from the model and no pedestrians had been injured within the incident.

The determine had waved greater than 2,000 instances between February 18th and February twenty first as a part of farewell promotions tied to the division retailer’s closing.

An rapid “surgery” was carried out to restore the arm, and Nana-chan has since returned to cheerfully waving at passersby.

Source: Nagoya TV News

Participants, carrying critical expressions, hoisted huge red-and-white kagami mochi through the occasion, a part of the temple’s long-running “Godairiki-san” competition. The ritual is devoted to the Five Great Wisdom Kings, and is believed to grant blessings similar to freedom from sickness by providing one’s energy in devotion.

In the competition, girls compete to carry aloft a 90-kilogram kagami mochi for so long as attainable, whereas males try and carry a 150-kilogram model, testing each endurance and dedication.

Nishida Toru, 53, who received the boys’s division, mentioned he was thrilled with the end result. “I’m really happy. This was my second time taking part. Last year my hands slipped and I fell backward, but this time I just focused on lifting it even a little with sheer determination. I did my best,” Nishida mentioned.

The decided efforts of the rivals drew loud cheers from guests gathered on the temple, as onlookers inspired members taking up the formidable problem.

Source: YOMIURI

The exhibition, titled the Great Hina Mandala, options dolls donated from throughout Japan and displayed across the temple’s principal picture of the Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Kannon, evoking the imagery of a mandala. The temple holds the occasion yearly throughout this season, showcasing hina dolls which have been supplied by individuals nationwide.

A mandala is a symbolic design, historically round, that represents the universe and non secular order in Buddhist and Hindu traditions. In esoteric Buddhism, mandalas place a central deity on the core, surrounded by different figures organized in cautious geometric patterns to specific concord and the interconnectedness of all issues. By arranging the hina dolls concentrically round the primary statue, the temple recreates this sacred visible construction in three-dimensional type.

Among the displays are uncommon creations devised by temple workers, together with dolls posed having fun with winter sports activities similar to ski leaping and determine skating to coincide with the Olympic Games, drawing the eye of holiday makers who stopped to admire the charming show.

The Great Hina Mandala will stay open to the general public at Tsubosaka Temple in Takatori Town, Nara Prefecture, by way of April 18th.

Source: YOMIURI

Security footage exhibits an individual approaching a parked automobile, shifting towards the entrance left tire and starting to work whereas illuminating the world by hand. Within moments, entry to the automobile’s system is gained and the headlights change on. From begin to end, the automobile is pushed away in simply two minutes and 20 seconds.

The video was proven at a automobile theft prevention seminar held on January twenty third on the Nishi Police Station in Nagoya.

“A car can be started in about two minutes. The places where vehicles are most often stolen are detached homes—ordinary houses where cars are parked outside,” a police officer stated.

Auto theft circumstances in Aichi have been trending upward lately, surpassing 1,000 incidents final yr to rank worst within the nation.

Among probably the most incessantly focused autos is the Land Cruiser, which accounts for about 40 p.c of theft circumstances, in accordance with authorities.

A Nagoya man whose Land Cruiser was stolen in January stated, “I never thought it would happen to me. It was hard to believe it had been stolen. For a week after it happened, I couldn’t sleep.”

The automobile had been a cherished possession he had admired since his twenties and had been delivered solely about two years earlier.

To forestall theft, police stress the significance of layering safety measures reasonably than counting on only one.

Although the person had put in a number of anti-theft gadgets, the thieves managed to bypass them.

“I felt reassured just having security installed, but I didn’t fully understand how it worked,” he stated.

“Instead of one measure, use two; instead of two, use three. Thieves don’t want to spend time on a vehicle, so adding layers of security is very effective,” stated Watanabe Shin, head of the neighborhood security division at Aichi Prefectural Police’s Nishi Station.

A steering wheel lock is cited as a very efficient bodily measure. By attaching and securing it whereas the wheel is turned absolutely, it might probably make driving the automobile troublesome.

Authorities additionally advocate putting in monitoring gadgets resembling GPS models so {that a} stolen automobile’s location could be recognized.

“I don’t want anyone else to experience the emptiness, frustration, and anger of seeing their beloved car disappear before their eyes,” the sufferer stated. “Don’t assume you’re safe just because you have security. If possible, use multiple physical locks and make your security as strong as you can.”

Source: Nagoya TV News