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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: 1. Establish written procedures for investigating any complaint or allegation of misconduct ma…

NRS 289.057 Investigation of allegation of misconduct; law enforcement agency prohibited from taking certain actions during investigation; review of file by peace officer under certain circumstances; law enforcement agency prohibited from keeping or making record of 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 enforcement agency s…

NRS 289.070 Use of polygraphic examination in investigation. 1. During an investigation conducted pursuant to NRS 289.057, the peace officer against whom the allegation is made may, but is not required to, submit to a polygraphic examination concerning such activities. 2. A perso…

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 to notice of intent to recommen…

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 during…

NRS 289.090 Inapplicability of certain provisions to investigation concerning alleged criminal activities. The provisions of subsections 2, 3 and 4 of NRS 289.057 and NRS 289.060, 289.070 and 289.080 do not apply to any investigation which concerns alleged criminal activities. (A…

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 pay pending the outcome of a criminal prosecution, the law enforcement agency shall award the peace officer…

NRS 289.095 Investigation of motor vehicle crashes involving peace officers. 1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, each law enforcement agency shall adopt policies and procedures to govern the investigation of motor vehicle crashes in which a peace officer employed …

NRS 289.100 Limitations on application of chapter. 1. This chapter does not prohibit any agreements for cooperation between the law enforcement agency and agencies in other jurisdictions. 2. This chapter does not affect any procedures which have been adopted by the law enforcemen…

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 action by filing a report with: (a) The district attorney of the county in which the i…

NRS 289.120 Judicial relief available for aggrieved peace officer. Any peace officer aggrieved by an action of the employer of the peace officer in violation of this chapter may, after exhausting any applicable internal grievance procedures, grievance procedures negotiated pursua…

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 office…

NRS 289.152 Persons employed as police officers by Indian tribe. 1. In accordance with the provisions of NRS 41.430 and 194.040, a person employed as a police officer by an Indian tribe may exercise the powers of a peace officer. 2. Before any officer pursuant to subsection 1 sha…

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 to NRS 2.295 has the powers …

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 by a board of county commissioners; or (b) Pursuant to NRS 266.323 by the governing body of a city, …

NRS 289.170 Special investigators employed by Attorney General; investigators employed by district attorney. Special investigators employed by the Attorney General and investigators employed by a district attorney have the powers of a peace officer. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2520)

NRS 289.175 Criminal investigators employed by Secretary of State. Criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State have the powers of a peace officer. (Added to NRS by 1999, 182)

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 of juvenile justice services. 1…

NRS 289.190 School police officers; other officers and employees of school district. 1. A person employed or appointed to serve as a school police officer pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 391.281 has the powers of a peace officer. A school police officer shall perform the officer’…

NRS 289.200 Officers and employees of state facilities for detention of children. Officers and employees of the Nevada Youth Training Center, the Caliente Youth Center and any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS have the …

NRS 289.210 Legislative police. A legislative police officer of the State of Nevada has the powers of a peace officer when carrying out duties prescribed by the Legislative Commission. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2521; A 1995, 703, 2306)

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 General of the Department, a person employed by the D…

NRS 289.230 California correctional officer. When, pursuant to California law, a California correctional officer has in the officer’s custody in Nevada a prisoner of the State of California, the correctional officer may maintain custody of the prisoner in Nevada and retake the pr…

NRS 289.240 Certain employees of Division of Public and Behavioral Health of Department of Human Services. Forensic technicians and correctional officers employed by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Services at facilities for offenders with …

NRS 289.250 Foresters and firewardens; arson investigators. 1. The following persons have only those powers of a peace officer necessary to enforce the provisions of the laws of this State respecting forest and watershed management or the protection of forests and other lands fro…

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 of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources have, at the discretion of the Administrat…

NRS 289.270 Director and certain employees of Department of Public Safety; certain officers and employees of Office of Emergency Management and Department of Motor Vehicles. 1. The following persons have the powers of a peace officer: (a) The Director of the Department of Public …

NRS 289.280 Game wardens. A person designated as a game warden pursuant to NRS 501.349 is a peace officer for the purposes of: 1. The service of such legal process, including warrants and subpoenas, as may be required in the enforcement of title 45 of NRS and chapter 488 of NRS. …

NRS 289.290 Agricultural police officers appointed by State Department of Agriculture. 1. An agricultural police officer appointed by the Director of the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to NRS 561.225 is a peace officer for the purposes of: (a) The service of such legal …

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 Investigator’s Licensing Board pursuant to NRS 648.025 has the powers of a peace officer. 2. A person empl…

NRS 289.310 Commissioner of Insurance and chief deputy. The Commissioner of Insurance and the chief deputy of the Commissioner of Insurance are peace officers for the limited purposes of obtaining and exchanging information on applicants and licensees under title 57 of NRS. (Adde…

NRS 289.320 Certain designated employees of Nevada Transportation Authority. An employee of the Nevada Transportation Authority whom it designates as an inspector is a peace officer and has police power for the enforcement of the provisions of: 1. Chapters 706 and 712 of NRS and …

NRS 289.330 Railroad police officer. A person commissioned and appointed to serve as a railroad police officer pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 705.220 has the powers of a peace officer upon the premises or property owned or operated by the railroad company which employs the railr…

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 taxicab field investigator is a peace …

NRS 289.350 Members of police department of Nevada System of Higher Education. 1. A person employed and compensated as a member of the police department of the Nevada System of Higher Education, when appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 396.325 and duly sworn, is a peace off…

NRS 289.355 Persons designated as enforcement agents by Cannabis Compliance Board. A person designated as an enforcement agent by the Cannabis Compliance Board is a peace officer for the purpose of the enforcement of the provisions of title 56 of NRS, including, without limitatio…

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 the provisions of chapter 205 of NRS involving a crime against the property of a gaming licensee, or chapter 462, 463, 4…

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 body of a city or county may create a review board by ordinance to advise the governing body on issues concer…

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 to NRS 280.110, the metropolitan police committee on fiscal affairs …

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: 1. Does not have jurisdiction over any matter in which it is alleged that a crime has been committed. 2. …

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 (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 289.380 or pursuant to NRS 289.383 must meet in panels of five members to carry out…

NRS 289.390 Panel of board: Oaths; subpoenas. 1. A panel of a review board that is created pursuant to NRS 289.380 or 289.383 may: (a) Administer oaths; (b) Take testimony; (c) Within the scope of its jurisdiction, issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses to testify …

NRS 289.450 Definitions. As used in NRS 289.450 to 289.680, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 289.460 to 289.490, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2419; A 2003, 2697; 2017, 2…

NRS 289.460 “Category I peace officer” defined. “Category I peace officer” means a peace officer who has unrestricted duties and who is not otherwise listed as a category II or category III peace officer. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2419)

NRS 289.470 “Category II peace officer” defined. “Category II peace officer” means: 1. The bailiffs of the district courts, justice courts and municipal courts whose duties require them to carry weapons and make arrests; 2. Subject to the provisions of NRS 258.070, constables and…