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North Las Vegas police officer arrested on fraud charges
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | 11:36 a.m.
Benjamin Miles Cordova
North Las Vegas Police detectives have arrested 39-year-old Benjamin Miles Cordova, a police officer within their department, on fraud charges for allegedly using a department credit card to buy personal belongings.
About 9:30 a.m. today detectives took Cordova, a 6 1/2-year veteran of the department, to the North Las Vegas Detention Center, said Chrissie Coon, a spokeswoman for the police department.
Cordova was booked on three counts of credit card fraud and three counts of receiving property obtained by unlawful use of a credit card. All counts are felonies.
Cordova was arrested after a week-long criminal investigation conducted by North Las Vegas Police. That investigation was prompted by an internal complaint regarding the disappearance of a department credit card, Coon said.
The criminal complaint alleges that Cordova used department credit cards to purchase personal property on at least three separate occasions.
Cordova has been placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation, Coon said.
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Great job to NLVPD for cleaning house. It will build a tighter and more respectable PD.
Kudo's to NLVPD. There's a lot of good Officers however there are those "Because I can" ones that need to be weened out.
Good Job,To bad LVMPD isn't paying attention.
north las vegas...
shocker, huh?
The problem with police departments for far too long is that they don't deal with the bad cops who take away all credibility from the good cops. A few of us once watched a bad cop start beating the $#%$^ out of somebody without cause. We took the complaint to HQ where about a week later we got a letter thanking us but telling us that our claim couldn't be "substantiated." On every jury I've sat on I never forgot that. Way to deal with this one LVPD.
I like how the NLVPD has no problems with keeping their force as honest and reliable as possible. And they give the local media the information on the officers who have dishonored their badges. This gives us citizens some hope that at least there is one local police department who might be worth trusting and respecting.
One reason we moved out of LV was because of issues with LVPD. Having had our apartment broken into and willful knowledge items stolen were just a stone throw away, LVPD sent over a 'Cadet' having no authority except to do the paperwork. Despite protest we received nothing but a "ho hum" response from the department.
Good for NLVPD.
Sacrifice a stooge once in a while to make the otherwise corrupt department look good. He'll get a slap on a wrist like the fire captain.
Paid Administrative Leave? PAID LEAVE????? The police force here in NLV is a joke so no real surprise this joker was employed there. I can't believe he's on Paid Leave with the city's financial wow's. He should have been terminated on the spot.
When is everybody else gonna see what i have been saying for months, THERE IS NO LAW AND ORDER IN THIS TOWN ANYMORE!NLVPD,METRO,AND HPD ARE GONNA DO WHAT THEY WANT,KNOWING THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT!Just look for yourself about the officer that lied on his report about the lights and sirens. He is still on the force!What an embaressment to the officers that respect the badge,compared to the ones that abuse it every chance they get!
Yes I have to agree with Rumrunner... THERE IS NO LAW AND ORDER IN THIS TOWN ANYMORE! ALL DEPARTMENTS DO WHAT THEY WANT TOO. There isn't a complaint that any of those BAD A holes will take when it comes to THE LAW...About the OFFICER who LIED aabout the sirens, HMMMM shame on you all at that department... Allowing him to still be on the FORCE... What does that tell us as a community.... HMMMM that says we stick with our kinds WRONG OR RIGHT.... Yes for the good respectful law abidng officers THANK YOU... My son signed up for the CADET POLICE for METRO and I hope he can go in there and CLEAN UP all the GARBAGE that goes on there....
A little food for thought, if you feel at anytime that you have been stopped unjustly for any reason,it is your right to have a feild supervisor called out! If the officer refuses,get on your cell phone and call 311 and ask for dispatch! These rouge punks need to be stopped before NO ONE AND I MEAN NO ONE COMES TO OUR TOWN IN FEAR OF BEING PUSHED AROUND BY KIDS WITH BADGES!!!
Since this officer was ARRESTED for fraud , Why the hell are we the TAXPAYERS STILL paying him?
Cordova has been placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation, Coon said
Since when is an ARREST a reason for admin leave WITH PAY?
Come On we need to NOT be paying those that have committed felonies and found enough evidence to actually ARREST him.
THE ANSWER IS EASY PEOPLE,NEED I SAY IT ONCE MORE? THERE IS NO LAW AND ORDER IN THIS TOWN!!! THEY WILL DO AS THEY PLEASE WHEN THEY PLEASE AND GET AWAY WITH IT EVERYTIME! I AM AN EX LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICER,AND WOULD BE VERY VERY EMBARRESED TO WEAR A BADGE IN THIS TOWN!!! AND THE WORST PART ABOUT ALL THIS,IS THAT THE VERY VERY FEW THAT ARE GOOD OFFICERS,GET A BAD RAP FROM THESE PUNKS AND LOW LIFE THAT THINK THEY OWN THE CITY!
What's up with that department? Does North Las Vegas PD give the entire state a bad name for all police departments or they a select group of their own. A buddy of mine works there and he seems to be happy, but these guys getting arrested, can't blame anyone but themselves. Good pension, benefits, etc. Guess they don't need that. I read this paper online and read more about officer arrests in that department then I have ever read in any department in a Michigan paper and that includes Detroit PD. In Michigan the mayor of Detroit and all the council members get arrested.
DON'T LET THESE SELECT FEW OF IDIOTS PORTRAY THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE READ OF 4 OFFICERS BEING ARRESTED AND OR FIRED FOR STUPIDITY SINCE JULY OF 2008. THERE ARE A GOOD NUMBER OF GUYS THAT DO HELP YOUR CITY!
Your Friendly Michigan K-9 Cop
Bad apple in the barrel was removed. Good job by the north town PD.
Very nice comment Mich K-9 Cop,im comeing back home soon,as for i am a uuuuuuuuuuupppper.I have lived here for 20 years and have seen how bad the department got with its current sheriff.I was a memeber of the LA COUNTY SHERIFFS,and saw what one man can do.The bad choices that this sheriff has made cant be excused in any manner, if he does intend to uphold the law.If his officers are on the street knowing nothing will become of some of there bad practices,then where does it stop?Im in no way putting them all in one basket,but when the bad out weigh the good,then something has to change.It all starts at the top,and if hes not getting the job done time for change. stay safe,I know someone is expecting you to come through the door at the end of your shift.
nlvpd is as good or as bad as any in the nation. the police have their own culture and sense of ethics and always think they are above the law, like our elected officials in congress. corruption is alive and well in america but you should know that by now.
This loser is on paid leave so he can pay his credit card bill!
I was stopped in April 09, while moving stuff from California, for something that I don't even know. The officer was friendly and informed me that my CA registration is not matching after a random computer check. I gave all the registration, license, and insurance as requested but before the officer reached his squad car, he turned around and politely apologized for the mistake that their office made. Apparently, a second check produced a match between my truck and the license plate. I was impressed how professional this officer was by admitting the mistake on their part so I know there are still honest NLV police officers.
gig, do you honestly believe they stopped you because your plates didn't match and it was a mistake? The "random" computer check was probably more like "random profiling".
The NLVPD Office or ex-officer is on Paid Leave pending the investigation, and the investigation proved he stoled the credit card and used it for personal use. I am sure he will no longer be wasting your tax payers dollars and will be in the unemployment line looking for a job. Paid Leave is all part of the job, and if the NLVPD was trying to be a bad Police Force then why the hell would they notify the news paper of the arrest and story and post the picture of the numb nuts who commit the crime??? Some of you have no common sence.