Koren tweeted a video of a man relaxing in the water before climbing out. The video was embedded in a TikTok post, accompanied by music. The hotel-casino was not named in the tweet.<\/p>\n
\nWe know it\u2019s hot outside, but jumping into any of the water features on the Vegas Strip is dangerous & illegal,\u201d Koren wrote in the original tweet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Later, Koren responded to Segerblom in a tweet explaining police policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHi Commissioner,\u201d Koren tweeted on June 5. \u201cWe try to warn or cite in most cases, but it depends on the specific circumstances, history of the suspect, and their receptiveness. Also, we had someone drown and die doing this last year, so we\u2019re doing our best to limit repeat offenders\/issues.”<\/p>\n
The drowning incident occurred in July 2020, when a man identified as a transient jumped into the water feature at the Bellagio Las Vegas and swam to the middle. The water in that section is 13 feet deep, police said. The Bellagio was built where the Dunes hotel-casino once stood on the west side of the Strip.<\/p>\n
The large resorts on the Strip are outside Las Vegas city limits, and are under county jurisdiction. The combined city-county police department, known locally as Metro, responds to calls on the Strip.<\/p>\n
Segerboom replied in a tweet that he appreciated the captain\u2019s response.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaintaining control on the Strip is critical as we reopen our tourism economy,\u201d Segerblom tweeted.<\/p>\n
Twitter Users Sound Off<\/h2>\n
The Twitter exchange between Segerblom and Koren prompted numerous comments on the social media site. Some people mentioned temperatures that recently climbed above 100 degrees in the Las Vegas Valley for the first time since Oct. 1, 2020.<\/p>\n
A Twitter user identified as \u201ciced coffee summer\u201d wrote, \u201cThank you for protecting the casinos from people who are suffering from heat exhaustion, such a valuable service for the community, really.\u201d<\/p>\n
In reference to the police department, \u201cHomeless in Vegas\u201d tweeted, \u201cWithout you, someone would have cooled off in the hot sun. Thank god we have cops to \u2018maintain control.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n