Sheriff of Clark County
Sheriff of Clark County, officially The Sheriff of the County of Clark,[1] is the chief law enforcement officer of Clark County, Nevada. The sheriff heads the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, which has joint jurisdiction within the City of Las Vegas and Clark County. The sheriff is the only elected head law enforcement officer within the county, and, as such, is not under the direct control of the county government.
The current sheriff is Joseph Lombardo, who became sheriff in January 2015 :
List of Clark County Sheriffs
- Charles Corkhill (1909-1911)
- Sam Gay (1911-1917)
- Will Mundy (1917; acting)
- Jay Warren Woodard (1917; acting)
- Sam Gay (1917-1931)
- Joe Keate (1931-1936)
- Bill Mott (1936-1937)
- Gene Ward, 1937–1943
- Glen C. Jones, 1943–1955
- Butch Leypoldt, 1955–1961
- Ralph Lamb, 1961–1979 (CCSO)
- John McCarthy, 1979–1983
- John Moran, 1983–1995 (LVPD)
- Jerry Keller, 1995–2003 (CCSO)
- Bill Young, 2003–2007
- Douglas C. Gillespie, 2007–2015[2] and was elected to a second term in November 2010[3]
- Sheriff Joseph Lombardo,2015-