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    The family of the suspended Metro sergeant responds to the accusations

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    LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – The family of Sergeant Kevin Menon, suspended from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, is responding to charges he faces in two separate criminal cases.

    Menon was indicted by a Clark County grand jury last month, accused of making illegal arrests on the Las Vegas Strip.

    He was also arrested a second time in court because Metro police said detectives found child sexual abuse material on two of his devices.

    Menon’s family has sent a statement to Channel 13.

    “We have allowed ourselves to be governed by fear and anger. That same politics of fear and anger – of fear and *hate* – that the LVMPD, the LVPPA and the Clark County District Attorney’s Office have now engaged in , or, Should I say, *continue* to participate, I have prompted them to conspire to effectively lynch Sergeant Menon, a highly decorated and educated person of color, who previously faced blatant racism and abuses of power within the LVMPD.”

    The family said Menon’s civil rights and those of his black wife and family have been “violated.”

    “He has been painted as a bully, as a liar and now as a pervert,” Menon’s family said. “Sgt. Menon attempted, in the spirit of Gandhi, to bring about the change he wanted to see within the LVMPD.”

    READ: Suspended Metro sergeant writes his own character letter in defense during the investigation

    The statement said Menon is an “exemplary officer.”

    “He is an asset and a reflection of the community he has served for over a decade, not including his decade saving lives around the world as a paramedic,” the family says.

    On Friday, Menon’s attorney, Dominic Gentile, filed an opposition to the state’s motion to increase Menon’s bond in the original case pending in district court.

    Prosecutors want to increase his bail from $27,000 to $250,000 in cash only.

    Gentile called the request “completely punitive” and that the state is trying to keep Menon in custody by any means necessary.

    However, state prosecutors argue that allegations against Menon related to possession of child sexual abuse material were not known during the original bail setting of his other case. They said there is potential for more criminal activity and that it is sophisticated enough to try to cover it up.

    Prosecutors said he deleted data from his work phone provided by Metro. Gentile said this probably occurred when he gave Menon’s work phone number to an IT person.

    Attached to Gentile’s motion is a character statement written by Menon himself.

    In it he writes:

    “I am a 42-year-old, biracial, first-generation American. My father was born in British-administered India, where he became a doctor and served in the Indian Army, before moving to the United States and serving as Captain of the United States Navy My mother was born in the Netherlands and worked as a nurse in a variety of capacities. My parents instilled in me a deep sense of community service, which has led to a long and diverse history of volunteering. 14 years old…”

    Menon said he was selected by Sheriff Kevin McMahill to represent Metro in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for an international police exchange program just months after his promotion to sergeant.

    Channel 13 obtained photos of that excursion on the social media pages of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

    Sergeant Menon Abu Dhabi

    IACP

    The photo shows Sergeant Menon, fifth person from the right in the front row, representing Metro in Abu Dhabi.

    Menon’s next court date is set for November 6.

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