Bio» Dennis Cobb
Deputy Chief Dennis Cobb is a native of Southern Nevada. He joined the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in January 1983.
In 1992, as a Fulbright Fellow in Police Studies at the University of Exeter, England, he researched comparative community policing issues in Great Britain and the United States. He also participated in professional conferences at the British National Police Command College at Bramshill, England.
Deputy Chief Cobb served as one of only 17 White House Fellows from September 1994-August 1995. He received a one-year presidential appointment as Special Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral William Owens. As a White House Fellow, Deputy Chief Cobb developed the screening process for Haitian police trainees in Guantanamo, Cuba. He also conducted research on ground sensors, intra-urban combat, unmanned aircraft, counter-narcotics efforts in Columbia and other classified projects involving the Department of Defense and the White House.
He was promoted to captain in January 1998. His command assignments have included the Northeast and Southeast Area Commands and the Communications Bureau. He was named to head the Crimes Against Persons Bureau in February 2001.
In January 2003, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Technical Services Division. In this current assignment, he has direct responsibility for the Department's Records Bureau, Communications Bureau, Information Technologies Bureau, Fingerprint Bureau, and General Services Bureau.
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