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April 25, 2024

DA closes probe of Metro Police aviation unit

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District Attorney Steve Wolfson talks during an interview Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson says he's closed a probe of a whistleblower police lieutenant's claim that Metro Police administrators improperly buried a report claiming corruption and misconduct in the department aviation unit.

Wolfson released a report Wednesday saying he found no evidence of improper governmental action.

The DA says he conducted a "narrow and limited" inquiry into allegations by retired Lt. Gawain Guedry and police Sgt. Leonard Lorusso.

They claimed police higher-ups abused authority with actions that threatened public health and safety.

The DA says Guedry's report following two near-fatal helicopter crashes in 2012 was an internal document, not public, his claims had no merit, and nothing could be proved to a jury.

Undersheriff Jim Dixon had said no report was buried and no law was broken.

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