LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Allegations that a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer left an individual locked in a squad car at the end of their shift are under internal investigation by the department, Channel 13 has learned.

The circumstances of the alleged incident have not been confirmed by authorities within LVMPD. Former cop-turned freelance journalist Doug Poppa, citing sources within the department, detailed the allegations in recent social media posts.

After making an arrest, an LVMPD officer allegedly parked the vehicle at the South Central Area Command and left the prisoner locked in the back seat for several hours.

Other officers are said to have discovered the person sometime later, after hearing screams from the patrol car. The incident was allegedly covered up and kept

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