In an interview two days before Peterson started in his new role, McMahill said one captain typically oversees up to 200 officers, but the work SWAT does requires closer supervision. Peterson serves as the first director, replacing a job that used to be held by a captain.

“Being born and raised in this city, having my family in this city, I think that’s extremely important.” “The vision of having the safety community in the United States, that’s important to me,” Peterson said. He said the two men share the same vision for what SWAT, and the police department, could become. Peterson said he started considering coming back to Metro in June after he called his former downtown area command sergeant, Kevin McMahill, to congratulate him on being elected sheriff during the primary. “I still felt I had a lot to offer this department.” “I left a little early, and it wasn’t out of my system yet,” Peterson said. In 2017, Peterson was hired as the vice president of executive security and facilities over the Ultimate Fighting Championship, meaning he also served as the executive protection for UFC President Dana White. Kubla, Clements and three other officers fatally shot Isaiah Williams, 19.Ĭharges were dropped two weeks later against the murder suspect, and the union representing Kubla and Clements sued Metro alleging the officers’ rights were violated when they were questioned about the shooting. Nearly 18 months ago, SWAT officers Kerry Kubla and Brice Clements were shot when they tried to enter the apartment of a homicide suspect and found another man sleeping on the couch with a handgun. Peterson said he worked in every area of SWAT except as a sniper, meaning he worked with explosives and gas munitions to open doors and held less-than-lethal weapons against people who were armed or refused to come out to see police. Metro’s SWAT team consists of 44 people, including officers, administrators, sergeants and a lieutenant who respond to “critical incidents and high-risk situations,” according to Metro’s website. Peterson worked for Metro for 18 years, before temporarily leaving the department in 2017, and spent seven years as a SWAT officer. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Metropolitan Police Department has restructured the chain of command around SWAT, and the first director in the unit’s history is hoping training and community engagement will help create a safer team.īryan Peterson, 44, oversees more than 60 people combined on Metro’s SWAT, or Special Weapons and Tactics Bureau, and K-9 team. New Las Vegas police SWAT Director Bryan Peterson talks to a reporter at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas Thursday, May 25, 2023.

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