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NRS 289.010 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
NRS 289.020 - Punitive action prohibited for exercise of rights under internal procedure; opportunity for hearing; right to representation; refusal to cooperate in criminal investigation punishable as insubordination. - 1. A law enforcement agency shall not use punitive action...
NRS 289.025 - Confidentiality of home address and photograph of peace officer in possession of law enforcement agency; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3...
NRS 289.027 - Law enforcement agency required to adopt policies and procedures concerning service of certain subpoenas on peace officers. - 1. Each law enforcement agency shall adopt policies and procedures...
NRS 289.030 - Law enforcement agency prohibited from requiring peace officer to disclose financial information; exception. - A law enforcement agency shall not require any peace officer...
NRS 289.035 - Law enforcement agency prohibited from ordering, mandating or requiring peace officer to issue certain number of traffic citations or make certain number of arrests. - A law enforcement agency shall not order, mandate or require...
NRS 289.040 - Law enforcement agency prohibited from placing unfavorable comment or document in administrative file of peace officer; exception; right to respond; provision of copy of comment or document; right to review administrative file under cer... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a law...
NRS 289.050 - Consequences of refusal to submit to polygraphic examination. - 1. If a peace officer refuses to submit to a...
NRS 289.055 - Establishment and availability of written procedures for investigating complaints and allegations of misconduct. - Each agency in this State that employs peace officers shall:...
NRS 289.057 - Investigation of allegation of misconduct; suspension without pay; review of file by peace officer under certain circumstances; law enforcement agency prohibited from keeping or making record of investigation or punitive action; reassig... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an investigation...
NRS 289.060 - Notification and requirements for interview, interrogation or hearing relating to investigation; prohibition against use of certain statements or answers in subsequent criminal proceedings. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a law...
NRS 289.070 - Use of polygraphic examination in investigation. - 1. During an investigation conducted pursuant to NRS 289.057, the...
NRS 289.080 - Right to presence and assistance of representatives at interview, interrogation or hearing relating to investigation; confidential information; disclosure; record of interview, interrogation or hearing; right of subject of investigation... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a peace...
NRS 289.085 - Inadmissibility of evidence obtained unlawfully during investigation; dismissal of administrative proceeding or civil action when evidence obtained unlawfully and in bad faith during investigation. - If an arbitrator or court determines that evidence was obtained...
NRS 289.090 - Inapplicability of certain provisions to investigation concerning alleged criminal activities. - The provisions of subsections 2, 3 and 4 of NRS...
NRS 289.092 - Suspension without pay pending criminal prosecution; award of back pay under certain circumstances. - If a law enforcement agency suspends a peace officer without...
NRS 289.095 - Investigation of motor vehicle crashes involving peace officers. - 1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more,...
NRS 289.100 - Limitations on application of chapter. - 1. This chapter does not prohibit any agreements for cooperation...
NRS 289.110 - Report concerning improper governmental action; investigation of report; reprisal by employer prohibited. - 1. A peace officer may disclose information regarding improper governmental...
NRS 289.120 - Judicial relief available for aggrieved peace officer. - Any peace officer aggrieved by an action of the employer...
NRS 289.150 - Sheriffs, their deputies and correctional officers; city and town marshals, police officers and correctional officers; court bailiffs and deputy marshals of certain district courts; constables and their deputies. - The following persons have the powers of a peace officer:...
NRS 289.152 - Persons employed as police officers by Indian tribe. - 1. In accordance with the provisions of NRS 41.430 and...
NRS 289.155 - Persons appointed and employed by Supreme Court to provide for safety and security of justices and employees of Supreme Court and carry out duties prescribed by Chief Justice. - Any person appointed and employed by the Supreme Court pursuant...
NRS 289.160 - Security officers and other persons employed or appointed by local governments under certain circumstances. - 1. A security officer employed: (a) Pursuant to NRS 244.167...
NRS 289.170 - Special investigators employed by Attorney General; investigators employed by district attorney. - Special investigators employed by the Attorney General and investigators employed...
NRS 289.175 - Criminal investigators employed by Secretary of State. - Criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State have the...
NRS 289.180 - Parole and probation officers; juvenile probation officers; alternative sentencing officers of department of alternative sentencing; director of juvenile services; Chief and parole officers of Youth Parole Bureau; director of department... - 1. The following persons have the powers of a peace...
NRS 289.190 - School police officers; other officers and employees of school district. - 1. A person employed or appointed to serve as a...
NRS 289.200 - Officers and employees of state facilities for detention of children. - Officers and employees of the Nevada Youth Training Center, the...
NRS 289.210 - Legislative police. - A legislative police officer of the State of Nevada has...
NRS 289.220 - Director, officers and designated employees of Department of Corrections; certain employees of detention facilities of metropolitan police department. - 1. The Director of the Department of Corrections, the Inspector...
NRS 289.230 - California correctional officer. - When, pursuant to California law, a California correctional officer has...
NRS 289.240 - Certain employees of Division of Public and Behavioral Health of Department of Health and Human Services. - Forensic technicians and correctional officers employed by the Division of...
NRS 289.250 - Foresters and firewardens; arson investigators. - 1. The following persons have only those powers of a...
NRS 289.260 - Rangers and employees of Division of State Parks of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. - 1. Rangers and employees of the Division of State Parks...
NRS 289.270 - Director and certain employees of Department of Public Safety; certain officers and employees of Office of the Military and Department of Motor Vehicles. - 1. The following persons have the powers of a peace...
NRS 289.280 - Game wardens. - A person designated as a game warden pursuant to NRS...
NRS 289.290 - Agricultural police officers appointed by State Department of Agriculture. - 1. An agricultural police officer appointed by the Director of...
NRS 289.300 - Investigator of Private Investigator’s Licensing Board; criminal investigator of State Contractors’ Board. - 1. A person employed as an investigator by the Private...
NRS 289.310 - Commissioner of Insurance and chief deputy. - The Commissioner of Insurance and the chief deputy of the...
NRS 289.320 - Certain designated employees of Nevada Transportation Authority. - An employee of the Nevada Transportation Authority whom it designates...
NRS 289.330 - Railroad police officer. - A person commissioned and appointed to serve as a railroad...
NRS 289.340 - Taxicab field investigator or airport control officer designated by Taxicab Administrator; enforcement of certain provisions governing transportation network companies. - An employee designated by the Taxicab Administrator as: 1. A...
NRS 289.350 - Members of police department of Nevada System of Higher Education. - 1. A person employed and compensated as a member of...
NRS 289.355 - Persons designated as enforcement agents by Cannabis Compliance Board. - A person designated as an enforcement agent by the Cannabis...
NRS 289.360 - Members and agents of Nevada Gaming Control Board; members of Nevada Gaming Commission. - 1. For the purpose of the administration and enforcement of...
NRS 289.380 - Creation by governing body of city or county; number, appointment and qualifications of members. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 289.383, the governing...
NRS 289.383 - Creation by political subdivisions upon request from metropolitan police department; number, appointment and qualifications of members. - 1. If a metropolitan police department has been formed pursuant...
NRS 289.385 - Limitation on jurisdiction; abridgement of contractual or statutory rights of peace officer prohibited. - A review board created pursuant to NRS 289.380 or 289.383:...
NRS 289.387 - Panel of board: Selection of members; powers and duties; proceedings; rights of officer investigated. - 1. A review board that is created pursuant to paragraph...
NRS 289.390 - Panel of board: Oaths; subpoenas. - 1. A panel of a review board that is created...
NRS 289.450 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 289.450 to 289.680, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 289.460 - "Category I peace officer" defined. - "Category I peace officer" means a peace officer who has...
NRS 289.470 - "Category II peace officer" defined. - "Category II peace officer" means: 1. The bailiffs of the...
NRS 289.480 - "Category III peace officer" defined. - "Category III peace officer" means a peace officer whose authority...
NRS 289.490 - "Commission" defined. - "Commission" means the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission. (Added...
NRS 289.500 - Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission: Creation; membership; terms and compensation of members. - 1. The Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, consisting of...
NRS 289.510 - Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission: Powers and duties; regulations. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission: Powers and duties; regulations. [Effective January 1, 2022, thr... - 1. The Commission: (a) Shall meet at the call of...
NRS 289.520 - Executive Director: Appointment; qualifications; classification; restrictions on other employment; removal. - The Commission, by majority vote of its members, shall appoint...
NRS 289.530 - Powers of Executive Director. - With the advice of the Commission, the Executive Director of...
NRS 289.540 - Account for the Training of Peace Officers: Creation; administration; acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests, grants, money or other financial assistance; expenditures. - 1. An Account for the Training of Peace Officers is...
NRS 289.550 - Persons required to be certified by Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission; period by which certification is required. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS...
NRS 289.555 - Person convicted of felony not qualified to serve as peace officer. - A person who has been convicted of a felony in...
NRS 289.560 - Application for certification as peace officer to include social security number. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and r... - An application for certification as a peace officer must include...
NRS 289.570 - Submission of statement by applicant for certification as peace officer regarding payment of child support; grounds for denial of certification; duty of Commission. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal... - 1. An applicant for certification as a peace officer shall...
NRS 289.580 - Suspension of certification as peace officer for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certification. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requ... - 1. If the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission receives...
NRS 289.590 - Training in proper use of choke hold as condition of certification; annual training and recertification; regulations. - Repealed. (See chapter 4, Statutes of Nevada 2020, 32nd Special...
NRS 289.595 - Training in effective responses to incidents involving dogs or where dogs are present; adoption of policies and regulations. - 1. Each law enforcement agency shall adopt policies setting forth...
NRS 289.600 - Training in dealing with crimes of stalking and aggravated stalking as condition of certification. - As a condition of the certification of each peace officer,...
NRS 289.605 - Training in identifying and interacting with persons with developmental disabilities as condition of certification. - 1. The Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission shall require,...
NRS 289.650 - Voluntary program for training; certification of instructors and law enforcement dispatchers; regulations. - 1. The Commission shall: (a) Establish by regulation the minimum...
NRS 289.675 - Behavioral health field response grant program. - 1. The Commission shall, subject to the availability of funds...
NRS 289.680 - Policies and procedures for interacting with persons suffering from behavioral health issues; use of behavioral health specialists. - 1. Each law enforcement agency in this State shall: (a)...
NRS 289.800 - Reimbursement for cost to repair or replace uniform, accessories or safety equipment damaged or destroyed in performance of duties. - In addition to the compensation required by NRS 281.121, a...
NRS 289.810 - Peace officer prohibited from using choke hold; exceptions; agencies required to adopt regulations. - Repealed. (See chapter 4, Statutes of Nevada 2020, 32nd Special...
NRS 289.820 - Peace officer prohibited from engaging in racial profiling; retaliatory or punitive action prohibited against peace officer for disclosure of information concerning racial profiling. - 1. A peace officer shall not engage in racial profiling....
NRS 289.823 - Requirement for law enforcement agency to establish early warning system to identify peace officers who display bias indicators or other problematic behavior; duties of law enforcement agency upon such identification. - 1. Each law enforcement agency shall establish an early warning...
NRS 289.825 - Requirement for law enforcement agency to adopt written policy regarding drug and alcohol testing of peace officer following certain actions. - 1. Each law enforcement agency shall adopt a written policy...
NRS 289.827 - Requirement for law enforcement agency to adopt written policy concerning use of issued mobile devices; approval of certain mobile applications by law enforcement agency for official use on mobile device prohibited. - 1. Each law enforcement agency shall adopt a written policy...
NRS 289.830 - Certain law enforcement agencies shall require certain peace officers to wear portable event recording device while on duty; adoption of policies and procedures governing use; request for and inspection of record made by device. - 1. A law enforcement agency shall require uniformed peace officers...
NRS 289.840 - Notification of Handle with Care Program when certain children are exposed to certain traumatic events. - 1. Any officer or employee of a law enforcement agency...