A lawsuit filed this week in District Court accuses the Metropolitan Police Department of negligence and an officer of sending sexually explicit messages and requesting pornographic photographs from minors in 2024.

The suit, filed by Clark County resident Maya Ruiz Valdez and her three underage daughters, claims in a 13-page complaint that then Metro officer Harvey Velazquez sent “sexually explicit and inappropriate” messages to two of Valdez’s daughters, which included requests for “pornographic photographs” and sexual favors.

The plaintiffs also allege Metro, as well as the supervisors, superiors and other co-workers knew or should have known of Velazquez’s “unfitness for duty and failed to take appropriate disciplinary or preventative action despite warning signs,” and other conduct t

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