Las Vegas police officer faces kidnapping, domestic violence charges

A Las Vegas police officer has been arrested on kidnapping and several domestic violence charges, the second such arrest for a Metropolitan Police Department officer within the past month.

Philippe Dinh, 31, faces three counts of coercion constituting domestic violence with threat or use of physical force; two counts each of kidnapping second degree and domestic battery; and one count each of domestic battery by strangulation; assault constituting domestic violence, with use of a deadly weapon; domestic battery with use of a deadly weapon; and coercion constituting domestic violence, according to a Metro news release.

With Metro since 2021, Dinh was assigned to the Community Safety Division, Southeast Area Command. Dinh will be placed on suspension of police powers without pay pending further investigation. Dinh has a court appearance scheduled for Thursday morning.

On Dec. 3, Metro had announced the arrest of Officer Chandler Pike, 29, who, police say, strangled and slapped his live-in girlfriend, also a Metro police officer, after he put a gun to his head in front of her at their home.