LAS VEGAS >> A school police officer in Las Vegas was captured on cellphone video last week slamming a high school student to the ground and pinning him underneath his knee, prompting an investigation and renewed calls from Nevada activists who want to see police removed from schools and more resources for students. The student was filming police.

The Clark County School District Police Department said the Feb. 9 encounter outside Durango High School unfolded while officers were investigating a report of a firearm near the campus. District Police Chief Mike Blackeye said in a statement Wednesday that the officer was reassigned to other duties pending the outcome of the investigation into his actions. The department has not released body camera or dashboard camera videos of the incident, nor has it released the name of the officer. But the local NAACP chapter identified him as Lt. Jason Elfberg.

— The Associated Press