{"id":3479,"date":"2026-07-15T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2026-07-15T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:10:00","slug":"im-joe-lombardo-nevada-governor-stopped-by-police-let-go-without-citation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3479","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Joe Lombardo\u2019: Nevada governor stopped by police, let go without citation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Joe Lombardo,\u201d he said as the officer arrived at the passenger-side window, police body camera video obtained by The Associated Press shows.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3477\">Is your AI really working? Why productivity isn\u2019t the same as progress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Lombardo was pulled over May 15 by an officer from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the agency Lombardo led as sheriff for eight years. The officer walks up to the passenger side of a light-gray Ford pickup truck and says, \u201cHello, how are you doing, sir?\u201d according to the video.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lombardo is in the driver\u2019s seat, with his wife Donna Lombardo in the passenger seat.<\/p>\n<p>The officer begins to explain the reason for the stop, and Lombardo interrupts to say, \u201cI\u2019m Joe Lombardo.\u201d The officer says, \u201cI\u2019m aware,\u201d and continues to explain the stop was initiated because he did not see Lombardo stop at a red light before making a right turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on, man,\u201d Lombardo says.<\/p>\n<p>The officer replies, \u201cYou\u2019re good to go, sir. Appreciate ya. Have a good day,\u201d and then walks away.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The whole interaction lasts about 15 seconds of the 1 minute and 10 second video.<\/p>\n<p>The police department said the governor did not receive a citation but did not say why, however law enforcement officers say it is common to not give a citation over a minor violation.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lombardo\u2019s campaign said the governor and his wife were headed to the airport when they were pulled over.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Lombardo spoke with the officer, fully complied with all instructions, and was promptly on his way,\u201d the campaign said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cHe remains grateful for the professionalism of the officer involved and for the service of law enforcement officers across Nevada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3475\">He sold his last company to Palantir. Now he\u2019s betting $32 million that robots can fix construction\u2019s labor crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The video, which was obtained via public records request, comes to light months before the November election, when Lombardo, a Republican seeking reelection, will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Grammas, the president of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association, said the interaction wasn\u2019t uncommon. Officers stop drivers, explain why drivers are stopped and then let them go on their way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really is a big nothing in my opinion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Grammas, whose union endorsed the Republican governor, denied Lombardo received any special treatment. Typically officers ask for the driver\u2019s license in order to identify them, but the officer already knew who the governor was, he said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBeing that it is the governor, the former sheriff, odds are he doesn\u2019t have warrants, does not have a suspended driver\u2019s license, and so there\u2019s no need to run that person,\u201d Grammas said.<\/p>\n<p>Grammas added that the governor didn\u2019t identify himself as the governor, and simply said his name.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Obayashi, a deputy sheriff and policy adviser who teaches an ethics and policing class in California, said there is nothing unethical about what the governor or the officer did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe let motorists off with a warning all the time,\u201d Obayashi said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Obayashi said that it was obvious the officer already knew who he was stopping because he ran the license plate, and the governor identifying himself is a common courtesy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3473\">An SEC email address mix-up is causing confusion and threatening to disrupt its proposal to scrap quarterly reporting requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bodycam footage shows Joe Lombardo identifying himself during a 15-second traffic stop; officials cite routine discretion ahead of a tight reelection race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[439],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nevada"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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