Reno Police Department: Case Study

Records provided by the arresting agency and the prosecuting agency reflect that the instant offense occurred substantially as follows:

On July 19, 2017, Reno Police Department detectives who are assigned to the Repeat Offender Program were conducting surveillance in an attempt to locate Bernard Simmons, the defendant, due him having an outstanding parole violation warrant for his arrest. The officers had also received information stating the defendant had been selling methamphetamine.

The officer observed the defendant driving a vehicle and requested for a marked patrol unit to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle. When the officer driving the patrol unit activated the units emergency lights, the defendant accelerated his speed.

As the watched, a vehicle being driven by a male subject picked up another male subject who physical stature matched the defendant’s. The detectives were unable to positively identify the passenger. Once again, officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle. The driver fled and drove through a highly populated neighborhood at a high rate of speed; the pursuit was terminated for the safety of the public.

Later on the same day, the officers were watching a second area of interest. They observed a vehicle being driven by a female subject, later identified as Ashlee White. The passenger match the physical description of the defendant, one of the detectives noticed a distinctive necklace the passenger was wearing it matched the one worn by the defendant. The detectives requested for a marked unit to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle.

When the officers approached the vehicle, they recognized the defendant. The defendant was berated the officer and refused to identify himself. The officer was able to confirm the defendant’s identity by his personalized tattoos. He was handcuffed and taken into custody for his outstanding