Sgt. Steve Riback is a Detective Sergeant for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has been with the police force for nearly twenty years. On the night of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, he had just returned home shortly after 10pm. He had been on an overtime assignment at the Golden Knights hockey game at the T-Mobile prior to the shooting. When he was abruptly awaken by a call from his lieutenant, he was oblivious to the time and immediately rushed into action—contacted his squad members and sped to his station in northwest part of the city. He reflects on his overwhelming pride of the police that day, recalling what he heard on his police radio, seeing the rush of police cars being dispatched, and watching a body camera video later. Sgt. Riback’s squad was assigned to Spring Valley Hospital where they worked tirelessly to identify victims, both injured and deceased. His reflections stir the image of medical professionals and police officers urgently fusing together to handle the situation at hand. Riback shares a myriad of emotions, talks about the options available for officers to deal with their personal trauma, and how he explained to his eight-year-old why Daddy was crying. Riback is also known as the Kosher Cop and has authored a book, My Journey Home, about becoming an observant Orthodox Jewish officer and his struggle for the right to wear his beard and a yarmulke while on duty.

Aerial view of Lake Mead Lodge. Site Name: Lake Mead Lodge (Boulder City, Nev.) Street Address: 322 Lakeshore Road, Boulder City, Clark County, NV

This picture depicts four unidentified fishermen with the numerous amount of fish they caught that day on Lake Mead. In the front of the boat there is an unidentified individual steering the boat. Written on the back of the boat is the word, "Hi-Ball."

An unidentified individual is fishing on Lake Mead. In on hand he is holding a fishing rod. In his other hand he is holding two fish that he caught on Lake Mead.

Stephen Pierce and his wife, Sharon Sigesmund Pierce, pose in their Turnberry Place condo for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

Stephen Pierce and his wife, Sharon Sigesmund Pierce, pose in their Turnberry Place condo for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

Longtime Las Vegas residents Drew and Debbie Levy, photographed at their Summerlin neighborhood home for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.