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Police enforce business closure order

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Police enforce business closure order
Police enforce business closure order

NEWS: Police explain enforcement measures used to close nonessential businesses in Las Vegas.

THAT'S UP FROM 126...JUST 24 HOURS AGO.TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED INSOUTHERN NEVADA.A WOMAN IN HER 60S DIED FRIDAY.CASES...RAISING THEIR NUMBER TO SIX.THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS HAS NOWAGREED TO PARTICIPATE INENFORCEMENT - OF THE GOVERNOR'SNONESSENTIAL BUSINESS SHUT-DOWNORDER.THAT - AS POLICE ROAM THESTREETS LOOKING FOR VIOLATORS.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER SEANDELANCEY IS LIVE WITH HOW YOUCAN HELP THEM STEM THE SPREADOF CORONAVIRUS.SEAN?NINA - THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCYORDER TO CLOSE ALL NONESSENTIALBUSINESSES HAS BEEN IN EFFECTFOR JUST OVER 24 HOURS NOW - -AND WE'RE GETTING A LOOK AT HOWPOLICE ARE ENFORCING THATCONTROVERSIAL ORDER.PLAIN CLOTHED OFFICERS WITHMETRO'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONSSECTION WILL BE RESPONDING TOTIPS - - AND HEADING TO ANYNONESSENTIAL BUSINESS WITHTHEIR DOORS OPEN.THOSE OFFICERS WILL HAVETHEIR BADGE SO YOU CAN IDENTIFYTHEM.IF THEY'RE DEFYING THEGOVERNOR'S ORDER - - POLICEWILL DISTRIBUTE A LETTERLETTING THEM KNOW THEY'RE INVIOLATION AND CAN HAVE THEIRBUSINESS LICENSE REVOKED.THIS COMES AT THE SAME TIME THECITY OF LAS VEGAS AGREED TOCOMPLY WITH - - AND BEGINENFORCING THE ORDER.IN A TWEET - ATTORNEY GENERALAARON FORD SAYS AFTER TALKINGWITH CITY ATTORNEY BRAD JERBIC- THE'VE NOW AGREED TO FALL INLINE - - AFTER INITIALLYPUSHING BACK.CITY ADMINISTRATORS LIKE MAYORCAROLYN GOODMAN WANTED THE 30DAY SHUT-DOWN SHORTENED -SAYING BUSINESSES COULDN'TSURVIVE.THE OWNER OF SMOKES MART NEARFLAMINGO AND FORT APACHE SHUTDOWN YESTERDAY - - AND SAYSHE'S ALREADY FEELING IT."WE'RE IN THE SAME PLACE AS ALLTHE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT SHUTTHEIR DOORS, SO FINANCIALLY ITSGOING TO BE A REAL CRUNCH FORUS"THIS ORDER SAY ALL NONESSENTIALBUSINESSES MUST SHUT DOWNTHROUGH APRIL16TH AT THE EARLIEST.WE HAVE A LIST OF WHAT IS - ANDIS NOT ESSENTIAL ON OURWEBSITE K-T-N-V DOT COM.YOU CAN REPORT ANY BUSINESSDEFYING THE ORDER - - BYCALLING 3-1-1.SEAN DELANCEY - - 13 ACTIONNEWS.WRAP//ADLIB

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