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Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 | 5:17 p.m.
Trevor Nettleton
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- Three arrested in fatal shooting of Metro officer (11-19-2009)
Metro Police today announced the route scheduled for the Wednesday funeral procession of Officer Trevor Nettleton -- a route that includes the entire Las Vegas Strip.
The procession will begin at 9 a.m. leaving from Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., en route to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church, 1811 Pueblo Vista Drive, where services are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
Metro released the following route, saying traffic will be disrupted along the way beginning at about 9 a.m.: Northbound Eastern Avenue, to westbound Sunset Road, to northbound Las Vegas Boulevard, to westbound U.S. 95, to westbound Summerlin Parkway, to northbound Durango Drive, to eastbound Vegas Drive, to northbound Pueblo Vista Drive.
Beginning at about 1 p.m., the procession will take the following route to the burial location at Palm Mortuary and Cemetery Northwest, 6701 N. Jones Blvd.: Northbound Pueblo Vista Drive, to westbound Lake Mead Boulevard, to southbound Rampart Boulevard, to westbound Summerlin Parkway, to the northbound Las Vegas Beltway, to northbound Jones Boulevard.
Jones will be closed to northbound and southbound traffic from the 215 Beltway to Deer Springs Way from about 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Nettleton, a three-year veteran of Metro Police, was shot to death early Thursday at his North Las Vegas home. Five people have been arrested in the case.
That'll bring the tourists in. A good ol fashion funeral procession.
What ego maniacs. No oneelse would get that treatment.
Another kick on the economy. LVPD you should be ashamed
i think this is wonderful. what a wonderful way to honor a true hero! cant vegas just chill out for a few hours and honor someone in a decent way?? You deserve it Trevor!
and its from 9-11 am who will be up from the night before anyway! if you dont like it stay home.
Metro's union has a stranglehold on Las Vegas. They get pretty much whatever they want. It is sad to see anyone die like this. But who else besides Metro gets a parade down Las Vegas Blvd when they die?
It is refreshing to know that sometime in December, Gillespie will release new policy changes so that Metro can stop killing themselves via car accidents. How about slow down and fasten your seatbelts? It is called obeying the law. What a concept.
This is a terrible loss but it seems inappropriate to do this on the Strip.
This officer is certainly deserving of being honored, but this is over the top. They have opened up an account for people to help out the family, yet I would wager far more is being spent on this procession that what the family will receive. Am I missing something here?
You are some of the most heartless people I have ever seen. A man/father loses his life protecting his family and home and you talk crap because of his funeral? A group of gang banging lowlifes try to rob him and I don't care if he was law enforcement or not they killed him over this. What are you going to do next show up at the trial and claim they were just kids they didn't mean to?
When are the shrines going to be built? This is really out of hand.
I'ts a sad thing for a loss of life. But this isn't even close to reality.
My father was a WWII veteran. When he passed away there was a notice in the paper. He was a real hero...Get real you cops.
Great idea. At least the tourists will know that Vegas is so dangerous that even cops can get murdered in their own homes.
thank you Armoryguy! at least someone isnt a heartless person. yes i can see where SOME people would be offended by them closing hte strip or not see why its needed, but if that is what they family wants that is what they should get. if his widowed wife or parents wanted to make a gold shrine for him then should be able to do that too. i can see maybe only using one lane of the strip but like i said earlier, at 9am does it really matter?
The roads are closed because there will be a large showing of support from his fellow officers. They don't get paid for this they take time off and attend. As far as traffic goes they do close roads of have traffic blocked for all types of funerals not just for Law Enforcement. Any person that would have a large funeral procession would have law enforcement blocking intersections so that all cars can go together. As far as Military Funerals there are plenty that get this same type of attention and rightfully so and they too get traffic blocked or roads closed depending on the amount of people attending so it isn't just for cops. Hey Bob I am sure your father was a hero just as all veterans but so was this guy, not as far as being a cop but for being a father and dying while protecting his family just like I think you would have done.
I hope the casinos lose business over this. Their greed and lack of community involvement are major contributors to our increasingly violent society.
How can any person, look at the photograph of the slain policeman and make any and I mean any negative comment? Right or wrong, these decisions are nothing to do with the memory of the man or respect to the family. I find you all pretty pathetic.
Arrogance and lack of respect.
Shame on LVPD
No one is saying it isnt sad and wish the family well. Shutting down the strip is riduclous.
Armory, I disagree with your statement about military funerals. When was the last time you saw a veteran receive honors like this? I am a veteran and can claim burial rights in a national cemetary, but I highly doubt that I will receive a procession down the Strip.
For myself, I am not upset that this officer and former jarhead (I say that with all respect being ex-Navy myself) is being honored, that is his due. What I am objecting to is how this is more of a circus parade than anything else. I would be very surprised if his family has requested or desires this. In fact, they have probably not been consulted and if they were they would say please forego most of this. But Metro feels a need to show off.
The organization that is supposed to help the families of injured and fallen officers has said they are low on funds. Metro should have the decency to have a restrained ceremony and donate the rest of what this costs to that fund for the family. THAT would be truly honoring one of their own.
To tell you the truth I saw a very nice funeral for a local military man from our town. He was killed in Iraq and we had a big funeral for him, complete with Honor Guard and Taps and all that goes with a funeral from the Military. We also had a local veteran that died and the Honor Guard from the Military was at his funeral as well. And no he wasn't a General or anything he was a soldier and he received a great funeral.Now I am not sure if the family in this officers case asked for the big funeral for this officer but in some cases the Police Officers Union will ask for and pay for alot of this. But the blocking of streets and police being present doesn't cost anybody anything. If the city of Los Angeles can pay for any part of Michael Jackson's funeral then Las Vegas can surely help pay for one of their own. Ask yourself if anyone other than the Jackson Family should have paid anything for that funeral.
If you guys do not like how Metro honors its heros, then move out of Las Vegas. All of you come onto this site and constantly complain, but none of you do anything about it. If you do not like Las Vegas, leave. It would be a great service to this city.
This sounds like something out of LA in the late 40's. we need an investigation of metro by the FBI, their trying to take over the whole county and run it like a fiefdom...what's this going to cost??
How come it is avoiding West Las Vegas?? I wonder if the gangs will take action???
Oh boohoo, you big crybabies!! Las Vegas Blvd is already gridlocked. What is a funeral procession going to change about your drive down the road? And anyway, how many of you actually drive down The Strip? Get over yourselves for a day and let this man be honored the way he should. Good grief.
Mabey they should used that 1/4 % tax raise to hired more officers like they were supposed to to stop theese kind of things from happing because of more officers being out there on the
streets
May God Rest His Soul and so what if they come down the strip. Most of you who are complaining are probably not even Real Las Vegans. You and the corporations are what have turned this town into a complete craphole. If you don't like it go back to your hometown. You won't be missed.
To Souper 12:
You hit the nail on the head. You are 10000% on target. I hope this gets gets into metro's very thick heads. Bravo!!
God help Las Vegas! Crime is way too high!!!
People need to feel safe in their homes!!
Vegas is so beautiful, and it's a shame that
crime is so out of control. Police should patrol
all areas at night. Please need to feel safe again.
God help Las Vegas! Crime is way too high!!!
People need to feel safe in their homes!!
Vegas is so beautiful, and it's a shame that
crime is so out of control. Police should patrol
all areas at night. People need to feel safe again.
The roads are closed because there will be a large showing of support from his fellow officers. They don't get paid for this they take time off and attend.
Correct Armorguy. Also, traditionally all police departments are represented at funerals of fallen officers. Sometimes one or two officers from every State in the Union, but my guess this time definitely just from Nevada, Cali, Arizona, you know the closer States.
Why don't all of you that feel the need to make negative comments about this funeral show up at the funeral and voice your opinions to his Wife, Children, parents and the 100's of officers that will be there.
I am betting your mouths are much bigger on the Internet then they are in person.
How many more funerals or processions will we have to go through until one of our elected officials gets the hint? We need to vote someone in office on every level of government who knows how to deal with crime, and who aren't criminals themselves !!
Until we get these bums out of office, we will all be sitting through more of these, our kids will suffer, and all of us citizens will be paying for it one way or another, some with our lives, some with our pocketbooks.
Prayers go out to the brotherhood of Metro Officers and the Nettleton family.
Vegaslee, that's some of the stupidest stuff I've ever heard. Nobody was disrespecting the man himself. He died defending his home and family, something we can all respect. But it's also a free country and we can all comment on the over-the-top nature of this funeral procession. As long as I'm not paying for it, I have no qualms. If you want to do something about it, stop reading the comment section.
As usual, metro spending our tax money. Who is the real hero the ones in Irak or metro?
They shut down the Strip for stupid Joe Biden. I doubt honoring a fallen officer could possibly be less important.
RIP Officer Trevor Nettleton.
Obviously this is meant for maximum impact.
If I was in L.V. on this day, I would be sure to be at the side of the road along the strip in order to tip my hat in respect to Officer Nettleton and his family. While we all sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, we need to take a moment to give thanks for those like Officer Nettleton. Especially when you consider the Thanksgiving that his family will endure. In the 1990's I was in a huge gridlock on the strip at rush hour while a local elderly millionaire carried the Olympic Torch along the strip. If they can do that, I think honoring a fallen officer is very appropriate. God bless the family and friends of this fine man. Thank you Metro for keeping L.V. safe for all of us law abiding citizens and visitors.
Its time to put fear into these ruthless thugs. Try them, convict them, and give them the death penalty. Take them downtown and Guillotine them. I know it sounds harsh but its time to get fed up! I am tired of these criminals, maybe it would put fear in the parents to think twice about how they raise there children. To become upright, moral, citizens or ruthless animal thugs. I am fed up and tired of the crime in this town. I am tired of worrying every day that my home will get robbed again. I am tired of wondering wether my door will get kicked in by one of these thugs and I will have to shoot someone. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF IT!!! Maybe we need to become more like the countries were if you kill, you get killed, you steal, your hand gets cut off. Put the fear into these thug/animals who want to hurt people. Maybe then they would think twice about murdering an innocent man!! And who cares about a funeral procession. They do this in all states.. He was a marine and a police officer. He served our country as well as keeping all of you people bashing the funeral procession safe while you were sleeping at night. Meto should honor him by showing the community what these thugs do to the innocent.