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From ballet bar to patrol car to wearing a command star
She took a path less traveled in leaps and bounds from professional ballet dancer to top cop. Listen, and be inspired, just as Ray and Pete were, as Sasha Larkin, Deputy Chief, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, puts the CP in the word COP. Her passion is contagious as she describes how she adopted a mantra of “command presence” to sustain her success “on the job” and her deeply held - almost spiritual - belief in the need for more engaged community policing. Make sure you catch her somewhat unnerving description of why not once - but three times - the mechanics in the police garage had to replace the hood of her patrol car!
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Deputy Chief
SASHA LARKIN, DEPUTY CHIEF
HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION
LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Sasha Larkin is a Deputy Chief with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, where she has served for over twenty-two years. Sasha currently oversees the Homeland Security Division that encompasses the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center, Homeland Security Saturation Team, SWAT, Air Support, K-9, ARMOR (All Hazards Regional Multi-Agency Operations and Response) and the Intelligence Section.
Sasha’s last assignment before getting promoted to deputy chief was as the captain of the Office of Internal Oversight and Constitutional Policing, which is comprised of the Force Investigation Team, the Critical Incident Review Team and the Internal Oversight unit. Her teams of detectives respond on all officer involved shootings, any use of deadly force, and on in custody deaths both on the street and in the correctional facility. She also led efforts related to police reform, policy updates, and ensuring continued transparency for the agency.
In 2019, Sasha was given the honor of designing, staffing and opening the newest station to be built in Las Vegas, Summerlin Area Command. This state-of-the-art facility was created to meet the ever-expanding population, growth and demand for elite community service. Sasha was the inaugural captain for this incredible area command during a most challenging year filled with civil unrest, Covid-19, and unprecedent economic downturn. For the preceding two and a half years, Sasha was the commander of Northwest Area Com…
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