LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Nevada Supreme Court is blocking the release of documents related to an internal investigation into a Clark County School District Police officer seen forcefully pinning a student to the ground in 2023.
According to an opinion issued Thursday, the justices upheld a Clark County District Court decision to block the release in 2024.
The opinion reads in part, “The Nevada Legislature included NRS 289.080 in its list of statutes that create exemptions from the NPRA’s general disclosure requirements. We read the statute and its mention in the NPRA to bar disclosure of an investigative file of a peace officer subject to an internal affairs investigation as a public record to the same extent its disclosure is prevented under NRS 289.090. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.”
The incident was caught on camera by students filming school police officers arresting another student.
In the cellphone video, Lt. Jason Elfberg can be seen grabbing one of the students and slamming them to the ground before kneeling on them near Durango High School.
The ACLU of Nevada sued the Clark County School District later that year, demanding a full release of documents related to the internal investigation into the officer.
CCSD argued in court that the documents were related to an “investigative file” that was exempt from public release, but would later share body camera footage of the incident.
In 2024, a Clark County District Court judge sided with CCSD and blocked the release of the files.
The ACLU took the case to the Supreme Court in response, asking them to overturn the decision.
As of 2026, Elfberg has not faced any disciplinary action following the incident, but the CCSD Board of Trustees approved a $1 million settlement for the two teens involved.
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