NRS 289.520 – Executive Director: Appointment; qualifications; classification; restrictions on other employment; removal.
The Commission, by majority vote of its members, shall appoint an Executive Director of the Commission. The Executive Director: 1. Must be selected with special reference to the person’s training, experience, capacity and interest in the field of administering laws and regulations relating to the training of peace officers. 2. Is in the unclassified service […]
NRS 289.530 – Powers of Executive Director.
With the advice of the Commission, the Executive Director of the Commission may: 1. Appoint employees, agents, consultants and other staff of the Commission and prescribe their duties; 2. Administer and direct the daily operation of the staff and resources of the Commission; 3. Inspect academies for training peace officers, and issue and revoke certificates […]
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 hereby created in the State General Fund. The Account must be administered by the Executive Director of the Commission. The Executive Director may apply for, accept and expend any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money or other financial assistance from any person, […]
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 3.310, 4.353, 258.007 and 258.060, a person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive, must be certified by the Commission within 1 year after the date on which the person commences […]
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 their deputies; 3. Inspectors employed by the Nevada Transportation Authority who exercise those powers of enforcement conferred by […]
NRS 289.480 – “Category III peace officer” defined.
“Category III peace officer” means a peace officer whose authority is limited to correctional services, including the superintendents and correctional officers of the Department of Corrections. The term does not include a person described in subsection 18 of NRS 289.470. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2421; A 2001 Special Session, 236; 2009, 639; 2011, 80, […]
NRS 289.490 – “Commission” defined.
“Commission” means the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2421)
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 11 members, is hereby created. The Governor shall appoint 9 members to the Commission as follows: (a) Two members from Clark County, one of whom must be from a metropolitan police department created pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS if one exists in Clark County; […]
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 officer for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of chapter 706 of NRS. Such an investigator enforcing the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 706A.280 pursuant to NRS 706.8818 must have probable cause that a driver is violating subsection […]