Bodycam video shows Gov. Joe Lombardo pulled over in Las Vegas

Metropolitan Police Department body-camera video shows a police sergeant stopping Gov. Joe Lombardo for a suspected red light violation in May in Las Vegas, then letting him go without issuing a citation.

The video shows Lombardo, the former Clark County sheriff, in a Ford pickup truck being stopped near Mandalay Bay on May 15 with his wife in the front passenger seat.

“Hello how are you doing sir?” the sergeant said upon approaching the pickup on the passenger side.

“Good,” Lombardo responds.

The sergeant introduced himself and said “the reason I’m stopping you is for the …”

“I’m Joe Lombardo,” the governor immediately blurts out.

“I’m aware,” the officer responds. “For the red light violation back there. Your right turn onto Giles …”

“Come on man,” Lombardo said.

“You are good to go sir. Appreciate you. Have a good day,” the sergeant states.

The governor’s office issued a statement about the stop.

“Two months ago, Governor Lombardo and his wife were briefly pulled over on their way to the airport by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department over a question about whether Governor Lombardo had come to a complete stop while turning. Governor Lombardo spoke with the officer, fully complied with all instructions, and was promptly on his way. He remains grateful for the professionalism of the officer involved and for the service of law enforcement officers across Nevada.”

The Las Vegas Police Protective Association provided a copy of the video to the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday morning. Steve Grammas, president of the union representing Metro officers, said Lombardo did not receive special treatment.

“It is an absolutely nothing car stop,” said Grammas. “Thousands of those happen every month. We don’t write everybody a ticket.”

Grammas said the officer knew who Lombardo was, that he likely didn’t have a suspended license and that he didn’t have outstanding warrants.

“The officer pulled him over,” Grammas said. “Immediately knows it is the governor, immediately doesn’t need to identify him because he knows who he is, knows he probably doesn’t have a suspended drivers license and that, advised him why he pulled him over and told him to take care. If he wasn’t the governor, no one would care about the hundreds of other stops that are done the same way.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.