There is a new kind of cop walking Fremont Street, and her job is part concierge, part crowd wrangler, part quality-of-life referee. Las Vegas has quietly launched a tourism liaison officer program along the Fremont Street Experience to keep buskers in line, ease congestion and respond to complaints under the LED canopy. The position blends outreach with enforcement, and both city officials and downtown businesses say it is already changing how the corridor is policed.
What has changed on the canopy
Since the initiative debuted last summer, city officials say arrests tied to downtown problems are up 17 percent and officers have recovered 20 guns. At the same time, property crime in the Downtown Area Command is down more than 6 percent compared with last year, according to FOX5. Officials point to those numbers as evidence that a more focused approach that pairs a tourism liaison with Problem-Oriented Policing is helping separate repeat offenders from casual visitors and protect the tourist experience.
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