Drug trial begins for former North Las Vegas police officer & private investigator.
LAS VEGAS Trial has begun for a former North Las Vegas police officer accused of drug trafficking.

Authorities say 46-year-old William Brooks claimed following his arrest last April that he supplied drugs to professional athletes, politicians and casino executives. He never provided names.

Brooks is also charged with drug possession and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm.

He retired from the North Las Vegas police department in July 2000 -- after pleading guilty to coercion in a February 2000 altercation with a woman in a Home Depot parking lot.

He told police at the time that he was moonlighting as a private investigator and was trying to collect a debt on behalf of two clients.

Brooks also was accused in October 2002 of selling an ounce of cocaine to a police informant, but charges were never brought.
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