{"id":487,"date":"2015-04-02T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lva.local\/secure\/shop\/products\/policing-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:29:45","slug":"policing-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/policing-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Policing Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0929712234\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0929712234&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=huntingtonpre-20&amp;linkId=ea81de8de46e3abebd8fd536c30604b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Amazon_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><i>Policing Las Vegas<\/i> chronicles the evolution of law enforcement in Las Vegas and Clark County from the days of night watchmen and cops who carted drunks to jail on horseback to today\u2019s acclaimed Metropolitan Police Department. It\u2019s filled with stories about the colorful characters on both sides of the law, drawn from history, legend, and the personal accounts of many men and women who policed Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"bios\">About The Author(s)<\/h4>\n<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dennis N. Griffin<\/strong> retired in 1994 after a 20-year career in investigations and law enforcement in New York State. He and his wife Faith moved to Las Vegas shortly afterward. He is an active member of the Mystery Writers of America, Las Vegas Valley Writers Group, Henderson Writers Group, and the Police Writers Association. He has also written the acclaimed books <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/cullotta\/\">Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster, and Government Witness<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/battle-for-las-vegas\/\">The Battle for Las Vegas: The Law Vs. The Mob<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/surviving-the-mob\/\"><em> Surviving the Mob: A Street Soldier&#8217;s Life Inside the Gambino Crime Family<\/em><\/a>. Become a fan of Dennis Griffin on Facebook for news about upcoming book and TV true-crime projects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This book chronicles the evolution of law enforcement in Las Vegas and Clark County, from the days of night watchmen and cops who carted drunks to jail on horseback to today\u2019s acclaimed Metropolitan Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_cat":[39,38,518,378],"product_tag":[149,157,160,554,166],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=487"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}