The Las Cruces Police Department's new, state-of-the-art Real-Time Crime Center is now operational, and it's anticipated to allow law enforcement personnel to be more proactive - with information and intelligence - rather than reactive. The Real-Time Crime Center, located within LCPD headquarters in downtown Las Cruces...

A commercial structure fire damaged a two-story motel on the 300 block of S. Motel Boulevard yesterday afternoon. Las Cruces firefighters responded to the Coachlight Motel on S. Motel Blvd., just before 4 p.m. Wed., Sept, 10, 2025 for a report of a structure fire. Crews reportedly found heavy smoke and fire at the fron...

Operation Not in Vain concluded its 2025 run with more than 250 arrests, more than 1,000 traffic stops and more than 800 consensual contacts with residents during its five-month exercise. The months-long crime reduction operation, now in its second year, is in memory of fallen Las Cruces Police Department Officer Jonah...