Las Vegas Police Receive 10 Tesla Cybertrucks From Mystery Donor

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department will soon be receiving 10 Tesla Cybertrucks, according to a new report from local news outlet KLAS. And while the donor of the Tesla vehicles is anonymous, there’s widespread speculation they could be from Ben Horowitz, a venture capitalist who’s previously given Las Vegas police money to purchase high-tech gifts. Images of the Cybertrucks were posted to X on Tuesday by Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who wrote, “These are badass.” McMahill also included tweets in his thread about new rollouts of technology like drones and the highly controversial shot-spotters. KLAS reports the Cybertrucks were donated before the New Year’s Day explosion at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, though it’s not clear why they would point out that fact. The incident involved an exploding Cybertruck rigged by a veteran who clearly wanted to make a statement with his suicide and there’s no evidence the truck just randomly exploded. But McMahill had praise for the Cybertruck ... Read full article.