The Sheriff Salutes the Best of The Badge Gala will honor 49 Las Vegas Metro police officers and a K-9 for extraordinary acts of bravery. Here with more from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation is Executive Director Karen Marben and Officers Ty Vesperas, LVMPD and Jacob Noriega, LVMPD.
The LVMPD Foundation is so excited about the upcoming Sheriff Salutes the Best of the Badge Gala on October 24th at the Wynn. It’s their largest event of the year where they’re celebrating heroism for officers going above and beyond, including the two officers that they’re featuring today. Officers Ty Vesperas and Jacob Noriega were among the first to respond to the UNLV campus shooting in December, 2023. This is one of the 11 incidents that will be featured at the Best of the Badge Gala. The money raised is to support LVMPD’s community engagement initiatives in 2026…