{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Las Vegas","slug":"city-cast-las-vegas-5262773","podcast_index_feed_id":5262773,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastlasvegas","website_url":"https://lasvegas.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/74769524-a92d-11ec-b251-4b2de8922a3c/image/8e3f45862197b9114dc69aafeabe0851.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":1118,"summary":"City Cast Las Vegas is an an award-winning daily podcast and newsletter created by and for locals (and locals-at-heart) that’ll challenge the easy narratives about our city … and, okay, maybe confirm a few of them, too. Join us every weekday morning for the messy, delightful, complicated conversations that Las Vegans are having: You’ll hear us ask hard questions about where we’ll get our water when Lake Mead runs out, and how we’ll keep housing affordable. We’ll argue over our favorite Chinatown bars, and share insider tips on the best tacos in town. City Cast Las Vegas will show you how loving a city means celebrating it and also holding it accountable, while having some fun along the way—because Las Vegans know how to have a good time. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at lasvegas.citycast.fm. Named Best Podcast by The Las Vegas Weekly 2025","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T14:17:32.704364+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773"},"episode":{"title":"Las Vegas Metro's Push to Be the Most High-Tech Police Force in America","slug":"las-vegas-metro-s-push-to-be-the-most-high-tech-police-force-in-america","published_at":"2026-07-13T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/las-vegas-metro-s-push-to-be-the-most-high-tech-police-force-in-america","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773","url":"https://lasvegas.citycast.fm/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC2128160509.mp3","summary":"Las Vegas Metro PD wants to be the most technologically advanced police force in the country, and they're well on their way to doing that. Drones filling the sky, Flock license plate readers, a fleet of police Cybertrucks, ShotSpotter technology and a counterterrorism surveillance program called the Meridian Project are all part of Metro's growing tech arsenal. But how much do Las Vegas residents actually know about what's being deployed in their neighborhoods, and how much input have they had? Host Jesse Merrick sits down with Nevada Independent reporter Oona Milliken, who has been digging into Metro's surveillance expansion, to break down what the technology actually does, why so much of it came through private donations rather than public funding and whether the tradeoffs in privacy and civil liberties are actually worth it. For more information on the sponsor of today’s podcast, visit www.fwle.org Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram, or email us at lasvegas@citycast.fm. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719. For more Las Vegas news, make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter. Learn more about becoming a City Cast Las Vegas Neighbor at membership.citycast.fm. Looking to advertise on City Cast Las Vegas? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.","meta_description":"Las Vegas Metro PD wants to be the most technologically advanced police force in the country, and they're well on their way to doing that. Drones filling…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1274,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/episodes/las-vegas-metro-s-push-to-be-the-most-high-tech-police-force-in-america/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/las-vegas-metro-s-push-to-be-the-most-high-tech-police-force-in-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}