Vice

Vice/Narcotics Bureau

Curtis Williams, Captain 

Vice Section

Karen Hughes, Lieutenant

The Vice section is responsible for investigating vice-related crimes, including arresting and prosecuting prostitutes, their clients, and pandering suspects; prostitution-related larcenies; drug-related trick rolls, businesses that front for prostitution; sexually-oriented criminal enterprises; juvenile prostitution and related pornography; and felony HIV prostitution cases. The Vice section also investigates human trafficking cases involving commercial sex.

The Vice section is also involved in community outreach and education programs.

If you want to report any unlawful activities involving prostitution , please call LVMPD General Information Non Emergency at 311 or 702-828-3111, or 1-800-492-6565 if the crime is in progress. If the crime is not in progress call either Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or the Vice Section hotline at 828-VICE or email us at Vice@lvmpd.com.