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Inside Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Bureau

13 Action News is getting to spend a day inside Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Bureau.

By: Austin Carter

Posted at 12:38 AM, Nov 26, 2019

and last updated 2019-11-27 04:27:31-05

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — 13 Action News is getting to spend a day inside Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Bureau.

Lieutenant Ray Spencer leads the bureau. He has been with the department since 2002.

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Spencer says violent crime rates in Las Vegas are down 40% in 2019 compared to 2018.

He credits the work of the department's staff as well as the community.

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