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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.585 - Supplemental bargaining.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Executive Department and the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit may engage in supplemental bargaining concerning any terms and conditions of employment which are peculiar to or which uniquely affect fewer than all the employees within the bargaining unit.
2. The Executive Department and an exclusive representative may engage in supplemental bargaining pursuant to subsection 1 for fewer than all the employees within two or more bargaining units that the exclusive representative represents if the requirements of subsection 1 are met for each such bargaining unit. Supplemental bargaining must be conducted in the manner prescribed by NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive.
3. If the parties reach a supplemental bargaining agreement pursuant to this section, the provisions of the supplemental bargaining agreement:
(a) Must be in writing; and
(b) Shall be deemed to be incorporated into the provisions of each collective bargaining agreement then in effect between the Executive Department and the employees who are subject to the supplemental bargaining agreement if the provisions of the supplemental bargaining agreement do not conflict with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
4. If any provision of the supplemental bargaining agreement conflicts with any provision of the collective bargaining agreement, the provision of the supplemental bargaining agreement is void and the provision of the collective bargaining agreement must be given effect.
5. The provisions of the supplemental bargaining agreement expire at the same time as the other provisions of the collective bargaining agreement into which they are incorporated.
6. The Executive Department and an exclusive representative may, during collective bargaining conducted pursuant to NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive, negotiate and include in a collective bargaining agreement any terms and conditions of employment that would otherwise be within the scope of supplemental bargaining conducted pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3740)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.590 - Certain proceedings not required to be open or public.

The following proceedings, required by or conducted pursuant to this chapter, are not subject to any provision of NRS which requires a meeting to be open or public:
1. Any negotiation or informal discussion between the Executive Department and a labor organization or employees as individuals.
2. Any meeting of a mediator with either party or both parties to a negotiation.
3. Any meeting or investigation conducted by an arbitrator.
4. Deliberations of the Board toward a decision on a complaint, appeal or petition for declaratory relief.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.595 - Capacity to sue or be sued; court actions and proceedings; jurisdiction; limitations on liability.

1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, a labor organization and the Executive Department may sue or be sued as an entity pursuant to NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive.
2. If any action or proceeding is brought by or against a labor organization pursuant to NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive, the district court in and for the county in which the labor organization maintains its principal office or the county in which the claim arose has jurisdiction over the claim.
3. A natural person and his or her assets are not subject to liability for any judgment awarded pursuant to NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive, against the Executive Department or a labor organization.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.700 - Legislative findings and declaration; illegality of strikes.

1. The Legislature finds as facts:
(a) That the services provided by the State and local government employers are of such nature that they are not and cannot be duplicated from other sources and are essential to the health, safety and welfare of the people of the State of Nevada;
(b) That the continuity of such services is likewise essential, and their disruption incompatible with the responsibility of the State to its people; and
(c) That every person who enters or remains in the employment of the State or a local government employer accepts the facts stated in paragraphs (a) and (b) as an essential condition of the person’s employment.
2. The Legislature therefore declares it to be the public policy of the State of Nevada that strikes against the State or any local government employer are illegal.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1382)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.705 - Injunctive relief against strike or threatened strike.

1. If a strike occurs against the State or a local government employer, the State or local government employer shall, and if a strike is threatened against the State or a local government employer, the State or local government employer may, apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin such strike. The application shall set forth the facts constituting the strike or threat to strike.
2. If the court finds that an illegal strike has occurred or unless enjoined will occur, it shall enjoin the continuance or commencement of such strike. The provisions of N.R.C.P. 65 and of the other Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure apply generally to proceedings under this section, but the court shall not require security of the State or of any local government employer.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1382)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.710 - Punishment of employee organization, labor organization, officer or employee by court for commencement or continuation of strike in violation of order.

1. If a strike is commenced or continued in violation of an order issued pursuant to NRS 288.705, the court may:
(a) Punish each employee organization or labor organization guilty of such violation by a fine of not more than $50,000 against each employee organization or labor organization for each day of continued violation.
(b) Punish any officer of an employee organization or labor organization who is wholly or partly responsible for such violation by a fine of not more than $1,000 for each day of continued violation, or by imprisonment as provided in NRS 22.110.
(c) Punish any employee of the State or of a local government employer who participates in such strike by ordering the dismissal or suspension of such employee.
2. Any of the penalties enumerated in subsection 1 may be applied alternatively or cumulatively, in the discretion of the court.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1382; A 2019, 3742)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.715 - Punishment of employee by employer for commencement or continuation of strike or violation in violation of court’s order.

1. If a strike or violation is commenced or continued in violation of an order issued pursuant to NRS 288.705, the State or the local government employer may:
(a) Dismiss, suspend or demote all or any of the employees who participate in such strike or violation.
(b) Cancel the contracts of employment of all or any of the employees who participate in such strike or violation.
(c) Withhold all or any part of the salaries or wages which would otherwise accrue to all or any of the employees who participate in such strike or violation.
2. Any of the powers conferred by subsection 1 may be exercised alternatively or cumulatively.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1383; A 1971, 1508)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › NRS 289.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administrative file" means any file of a peace officer containing information, comments or documents about the peace officer. The term does not include any file relating to an investigation conducted pursuant to NRS 289.057 or a criminal investigation of a peace officer.
2. "Adult use of cannabis" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 678A.075.
3. "Law enforcement agency" means any agency, office, bureau, department, unit or division created by any statute, ordinance or rule which:
(a) Has a duty to enforce the law; and
(b) Employs any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive.
4. "Medical use of cannabis" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 678A.215.
5. "Peace officer" means any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive.
6. "Punitive action" means any action which may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, reduction in salary, written reprimand or transfer of a peace officer for purposes of punishment.
7. "Screening test" means a test of a person’s blood, urine, hair or saliva to detect the general presence of a controlled substance or other drug.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2096; A 1989, 1582; 1993, 2525; 1999, 182, 2424; 2005, 621; 2019, 534, 2660; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 71; 2023, 2545)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 against a peace officer if the peace officer chooses to exercise the peace officer’s rights under any internal administrative grievance procedure.
2. If a peace officer is denied a promotion on grounds other than merit or other punitive action is used against the peace officer, a law enforcement agency shall provide the peace officer with an opportunity for a hearing.
3. If a peace officer requests representation while being questioned by a superior officer on any matter that the peace officer reasonably believes could result in punitive action, the questioning must cease immediately and the peace officer must be allowed a reasonable opportunity to arrange for the presence and assistance of a representative before the questioning may resume.
4. If a peace officer refuses to comply with an order by a superior officer to cooperate with the peace officer’s own or any other law enforcement agency in a criminal investigation, the agency may charge the peace officer with insubordination.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2098; A 2019, 2661; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 76)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 and NRS 239.0115, the home address and any photograph of a peace officer in the possession of a law enforcement agency are not public information and are confidential.
2. The photograph of a peace officer may be released:
(a) If the peace officer authorizes the release; or
(b) If the peace officer has been arrested.
3. The home address of a peace officer may be released if a peace officer has been arrested and the home address is included in any of the following:
(a) A report of a 911 telephone call.
(b) A police report, investigative report or complaint which a person filed with a law enforcement agency.
(c) A statement made by a witness.
(d) A report prepared pursuant to NRS 432B.540 by an agency which provides child welfare services, which report details a plan for the placement of a child.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 621; A 2007, 2087, 2815)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 that provide for the orderly and safe acceptance of service of certain subpoenas served on a peace officer employed by the law enforcement agency.
2. A subpoena to be served upon a peace officer that is authorized to be served upon a law enforcement agency in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted pursuant to subsection 1 may be served in the manner provided by those policies and procedures.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2815)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › NRS 289.030 - Law enforcement agency prohibited from requiring peace officer to disclose financial information or provide attestation concerning use of cannabis before application for employment; exception; construction of section.

1. A law enforcement agency shall not require any peace officer to:
(a) Disclose the peace officer’s assets, debts, sources of income or other financial information or make such a disclosure a condition precedent to a promotion, job assignment or other personnel action unless that information is necessary to:
(1) Determine the peace officer’s credentials for transfer to a specialized unit;
(2) Prevent any conflict of interest which may result in any new assignment; or
(3) Determine whether the peace officer is engaged in unlawful activity.
(b) Provide an oral or written attestation concerning any use of cannabis by the peace officer that occurred before the peace officer submitted his or her application for employment with the law enforcement agency as a condition precedent to employment with the agency as a peace officer.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a law enforcement agency from:
(a) Requiring a peace officer to provide an oral or written attestation concerning any use of cannabis by the peace officer that has occurred after the submission of his or her application for employment with the law enforcement agency as a condition precedent to employment with the agency as a peace officer; or
(b) Adopting a policy that requires a peace officer to submit to a screening test as:
(1) A condition precedent to employment; or
(2) A condition for continued employment.
3. As used in this section, "use of cannabis" includes the adult use of cannabis and the medical use of cannabis.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2096; A 2023, 2546)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 a peace officer to issue a certain number of traffic citations or make a certain number of arrests over any period.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3418)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 certain circumstances.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a law enforcement agency shall not place any unfavorable comment or document in any administrative file of a peace officer maintained by the law enforcement agency unless:
(a) The peace officer has read and initialed the comment or document; or
(b) If the peace officer refuses to initial the comment or document, a notation to that effect is noted on or attached to the comment or document.
2. If the peace officer submits to the law enforcement agency a written response within 30 days after the peace officer is asked to initial the comment or document, the peace officer’s response must be attached to and accompany the comment or document.
3. If a peace officer is the subject of an investigation of a complaint or allegation conducted pursuant to NRS 289.057, the law enforcement agency may place into any administrative file relating to the peace officer only:
(a) A copy of the disposition of the allegation of misconduct if the allegation is sustained; and
(b) A copy of the notice of or statement of adjudication of any punitive or remedial action taken against the peace officer.
4. A peace officer must be given a copy of any comment or document that is placed in an administrative file of the peace officer maintained by the law enforcement agency.
5. Upon request, a peace officer may review any administrative file of that peace officer maintained by the law enforcement agency that does not relate to a current investigation.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2097; A 1991, 2213; 2005, 621)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › NRS 289.050 - Consequences of refusal to submit to polygraphic examination.

1. If a peace officer refuses to submit to a polygraphic examination:
(a) No law enforcement agency may take any disciplinary or retaliatory action against the peace officer; and
(b) No investigator may make a notation of such a refusal in the investigator’s report or in any other manner maintain evidence of such a refusal.
2. Evidence of any refusal by a peace officer to submit to a polygraphic examination is not admissible at any subsequent hearing, trial or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2097; A 2001, 1663)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 made or filed against a peace officer employed by the agency; and
2. Make copies of the written procedures established pursuant to subsection 1 available to the public.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 948)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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; reassignment of peace officer under certain circumstances.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an investigation of a peace officer may be conducted in response to a complaint or allegation that the peace officer has engaged in activities which could result in punitive action. Any such investigation of a peace officer must be commenced by the law enforcement agency within a reasonable period of time after the date of the filing of the complaint or allegation with the law enforcement agency. A law enforcement agency shall not conduct an investigation pursuant to this subsection if the complaint or allegation is filed with the law enforcement agency more than 5 years after the activities of the peace officer occurred.
2. Except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement, a law enforcement agency shall not suspend a peace officer without pay during or pursuant to an investigation conducted pursuant to this section until all investigations relating to the matter have concluded.
3. After the conclusion of the investigation:
(a) If the investigation causes a law enforcement agency to impose punitive action against the peace officer who was the subject of the investigation and the peace officer has received notice of the imposition of the punitive action, the peace officer or a representative authorized by the peace officer may, except as otherwise prohibited by federal or state law, review any administrative or investigative file maintained by the law enforcement agency relating to the investigation, including any recordings, notes, transcripts of interviews and documents.
(b) If, pursuant to a policy of a law enforcement agency or a labor agreement, the record of the investigation or the imposition of punitive action is subject to being removed from any administrative file relating to the peace officer maintained by the law enforcement agency, the law enforcement agency shall not, except as otherwise required by federal or state law, keep or make a record of the investigation or the imposition of punitive action after the record is required to be removed from the administrative file.
4. A law enforcement agency may reassign a peace officer temporarily or permanently without his or her consent during or pursuant to an investigation conducted pursuant to this section or when there is a hearing relating to such an investigation that is pending.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 620; A 2007, 422; 2011, 1750; 2019, 2661; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 76)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 person who makes an allegation against a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.057 may not be required to submit to a polygraphic examination as a condition to the investigation of the person’s allegation, but may request or agree to be given a polygraphic examination. If such a person requests or agrees to be given a polygraphic examination, such an examination must be given.
3. If a polygraphic examination is given to a peace officer pursuant to this section, a sound or video recording must be made of the polygraphic examination, the preliminary interview and the postexamination interview. Before the opinion of the polygraphic examiner regarding the peace officer’s veracity may be considered in a disciplinary action, all records, documents and recordings resulting from the polygraphic examination must be made available for review by one or more polygraphic examiners licensed or qualified to be licensed in this State who are acceptable to the law enforcement agency and to the officer. If the opinion of a reviewing polygraphic examiner does not agree with the initial polygraphic examiner’s opinion, the peace officer must be allowed to be reexamined by a polygraphic examiner of the peace officer’s choice who is licensed or qualified to be licensed in this State.
4. The opinion of a polygraphic examiner regarding the peace officer’s veracity may not be considered in a disciplinary action unless the polygraphic examination was conducted in a manner which complies with the provisions of chapter 648 of NRS. In any event, the law enforcement agency shall not use a polygraphic examiner’s opinion regarding the veracity of the peace officer as the sole basis for disciplinary action against the peace officer.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2097; A 1989, 1582; 2001, 1663; 2005, 622)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 an investigation of a peace officer concerning conduct that could result in punitive action in a manner which violates any provision of NRS 289.010 to 289.120, inclusive, and that such evidence may be prejudicial to the peace officer, such evidence is inadmissible and the arbitrator or court shall exclude such evidence during any administrative proceeding commenced or civil action filed against the peace officer. If the arbitrator or court further determines that such evidence was obtained by a law enforcement agency in bad faith, the arbitrator or court must dismiss the administrative proceeding or civil action with prejudice.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 621; A 2019, 2663; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 78; 2021, 3418)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2098; A 2005, 624; 2019, 2663; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 79)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 back pay for the duration of the suspension if:
1. The charges against the peace officer are dismissed;
2. The peace officer is found not guilty at trial; or
3. The peace officer is not subjected to punitive action in connection with the alleged misconduct.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2660)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 by the law enforcement agency is involved. The policies and procedures must include, without limitation, a requirement that if such a motor vehicle crash results in a fatal injury to any person, the motor vehicle crash must be investigated by a law enforcement agency other than the law enforcement agency that employs the peace officer involved in the crash unless:
(a) Another law enforcement agency does not have comparable equipment and personnel to investigate the crash at least as effectively as the law enforcement agency that employs the peace officer involved in the motor vehicle crash;
(b) Another law enforcement agency is unavailable to investigate the motor vehicle crash; or
(c) Investigation of the motor vehicle crash by another law enforcement agency would delay the initiation of the investigation such that the integrity of the crash scene and preservation and collection of evidence may be jeopardized by such a delay.
2. This section does not prohibit a law enforcement agency in a county whose population is 100,000 or more from entering into agreements for cooperation with agencies in other jurisdictions for the investigation of motor vehicle crashes in which a peace officer of the law enforcement agency is involved.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 615; A 2015, 1664)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 enforcement agency if those procedures provide the same or greater rights than provided for in this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2098)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 improper governmental action occurred; or
(b) The Attorney General if the district attorney referred to in paragraph (a) is involved in the improper governmental action.
2. Upon the filing of a report pursuant to subsection 1, the district attorney or Attorney General may investigate the report and determine whether improper governmental action did occur. Upon the completion of the investigation the district attorney or Attorney General:
(a) If the district attorney or Attorney General determines that improper governmental action did occur, may prosecute the violation. The Attorney General may prosecute such a violation if the district attorney fails or refuses so to act.
(b) Shall notify the peace officer who filed the report of the results of the investigation.
3. The employer of a peace officer shall not take any reprisal or retaliatory action against a peace officer who in good faith files a report pursuant to subsection 1.
4. Nothing in this section authorizes a person to disclose information if disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law.
5. This section does not apply to a peace officer who is employed by the State.
6. As used in this section, "improper governmental action" means any action taken by an officer or employee of a law enforcement agency, while in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties which is in violation of any state law or regulation.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2212)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 pursuant to chapter 288 of NRS and other administrative remedies, apply to the district court for judicial relief. If the court determines that the employer has violated a provision of this chapter, the court shall order appropriate injunctive or other extraordinary relief to prevent the further occurrence of the violation and the taking of any reprisal or retaliatory action by the employer against the peace officer.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2213)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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:
1. Sheriffs of counties and of metropolitan police departments, their deputies and correctional officers.
2. Marshals, police officers and correctional officers of cities and towns.
3. The bailiff of the Supreme Court.
4. The bailiffs and deputy marshals of the district courts, justice courts and municipal courts whose duties require them to carry weapons and make arrests.
5. Subject to the provisions of NRS 258.070, constables and their deputies.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2520; A 2007, 2191; 2015, 2521)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 shall exercise the powers of a peace officer, he or she must be certified as a category I peace officer by the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.
3. The authority of an officer pursuant to subsection 1 to exercise the powers of a peace officer is limited to the boundaries of the Indian reservation or Indian colony, unless a county sheriff and the Indian tribe, in consultation, execute a written agreement. Such an agreement must include, without limitation:
(a) The respective rights and responsibilities of the county sheriff, the Indian tribe and any law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection 4; and
(b) The authority of the officer to act within the geographic boundaries of the county.
4. The county sheriff shall have jurisdiction and authority to execute a written agreement with an Indian tribe pursuant to subsection 3 on behalf of all law enforcement agencies who have authority to act within the geographic boundaries of the county, and such an agreement shall unilaterally bind all such law enforcement agencies to the terms of the written agreement.
5. For the purpose of this section, a law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection 4:
(a) Is deemed to have consented to:
(1) The jurisdiction and authority of the county sheriff to execute a written agreement pursuant to subsection 3 on behalf of the law enforcement agency; and
(2) All of the terms of the written agreement executed pursuant to subsection 3; and
(b) Shall not independently execute a written agreement with an Indian tribe for any purpose set forth in this section.
6. Nothing in this section impairs or affects the existing status and sovereignty of an Indian tribe as established under the laws of the United States.
7. As used in this section:
(a) "Category I peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.460.
(b) "Indian tribe" means any tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community of Indians which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to native Indians because of their status as native Indians and has executed a written agreement with the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.
(c) "Law enforcement agency" means a metropolitan police department or the police department of an incorporated city.
(d) "Written agreement" includes, without limitation, an interlocal agreement or memorandum of understanding executed between a county sheriff and an Indian tribe.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 533)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 of a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.460 when the person is carrying out duties prescribed by the Chief Justice.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 79)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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,
has the powers of a peace officer when the security officer is carrying out duties prescribed by ordinance.
2. A person appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 269.235 by a town board or board of county commissioners has the powers of a peace officer.
3. Police officers and special police officers appointed pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 269.240 have, within the limits of the unincorporated town, the powers of making arrests which are exercised by a peace officer according to the laws of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2520)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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. The following persons have the powers of a peace officer:
(a) The Chief Parole and Probation Officer appointed pursuant to NRS 213.1092;
(b) Assistant parole and probation officers appointed pursuant to NRS 213.1095;
(c) The chief of a department of alternative sentencing established pursuant to NRS 211A.080; and
(d) Assistant alternative sentencing officers of a department of alternative sentencing.
2. A juvenile probation officer or assistant juvenile probation officer whose official duties require such officer to enforce court orders on juvenile offenders and make arrests has the same powers as a peace officer when performing duties pursuant to title 5 of NRS or chapter 432B of NRS, including the power to arrest an adult criminal offender encountered while in the performance of those duties.
3. A director of juvenile services has the powers of a peace officer in the director’s judicial district when performing duties pursuant to title 5 of NRS or chapter 432B of NRS, including the power to arrest an adult criminal offender encountered while in the performance of those duties.
4. The Chief of the Youth Parole Bureau of the Division of Child and Family Services in the Department of Health and Human Services and the parole officers of the Bureau have the powers of a peace officer in carrying out the functions of the Bureau.
5. A director of a department of juvenile justice services established by ordinance pursuant to NRS 62G.210 has the powers of a peace officer in the county when carrying out duties pursuant to title 5 of NRS or chapter 432B of NRS, including the power to arrest an adult criminal offender encountered while carrying out those duties.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2520; A 1995, 703, 873; 1997, 1480; 2003, 1133)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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’s duties in compliance with the provisions of NRS 171.1223.
2. A person appointed pursuant to NRS 393.0718 by the board of trustees of any school district has the powers of a peace officer to carry out the intents and purposes of NRS 393.071 to 393.0719, inclusive.
3. Members of every board of trustees of a school district, superintendents of schools, principals and teachers have concurrent power with peace officers for the protection of children in school and on the way to and from school, and for the enforcement of order and discipline among such children, including children who attend school within one school district but reside in an adjoining school district or adjoining state, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 392 of NRS. This subsection must not be construed so as to make it the duty of superintendents of schools, principals and teachers to supervise the conduct of children while not on the school property.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2521; A 2001, 1870, 2484; 2003, 102; 2015, 3838; 2017, 2072, 3165)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 powers of a peace officer so far as necessary to arrest children who have escaped from that facility.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2521; A 2003, 1133)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 Department as a criminal investigator and any officer or employee of the Department so designated by the Director have the powers of a peace officer when performing duties prescribed by the Director. For the purposes of this subsection, the duties which may be prescribed by the Director include, but are not limited to, pursuit and return of escaped offenders, transportation and escort of offenders and the general exercise of control over offenders within or outside the confines of the institutions and facilities of the Department.
2. A person appointed pursuant to NRS 211.115 to administer detention facilities or a jail, and his or her subordinate jailers, corrections officers and other employees whose duties involve law enforcement have the powers of a peace officer.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2521; A 2001 Special Session, 235; 2009, 637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 prisoner if the prisoner should escape in Nevada, to the same extent as if the correctional officer were a peace officer appointed under Nevada law and the prisoner had been committed to the officer’s custody in proceedings under Nevada law.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2522)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services at facilities for offenders with mental disorders have the powers of peace officers when performing duties prescribed by the Administrator of the Division.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 843; A 1999, 113)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 from fire:
(a) Paid foresters and firewardens appointed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 472.040.
(b) Citizen-wardens appointed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 472.040.
(c) Voluntary firewardens appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 472.040.
2. A paid forester or firewarden appointed as an arson investigator pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 472.040 has the powers of a peace officer.
3. An arson investigator designated as a peace officer pursuant to:
(a) Paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 244.2961; or
(b) Subsection 3 of NRS 266.310,
has the powers of a peace officer.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2522; A 2011, 723)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 Administrator of the Division, the same power to make arrests as any other peace officer for violations of law committed inside the boundaries of state parks or real property controlled or administered by the Division.
2. An employee of the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources appointed or designated pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 407.065 has the powers of a peace officer.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2522; A 1999, 979)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 officer:
(a) The Director of the Department of Public Safety.
(b) The chiefs of the divisions of the Department of Public Safety.
(c) The deputy directors of the Department of Public Safety employed pursuant to NRS 480.120.
(d) The sworn personnel of the Department of Public Safety.
(e) The Chief of the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military.
2. Administrators and investigators of the Division of Compliance Enforcement of the Department of Motor Vehicles have the powers of a peace officer to enforce any law of the State of Nevada in carrying out their duties pursuant to NRS 481.048.
3. Officers and investigators of the Section for the Control of Emissions From Vehicles and the Enforcement of Matters Related to the Use of Special Fuel of the Department of Motor Vehicles, appointed pursuant to NRS 481.0481, have the powers of peace officers in carrying out their duties under that section.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2522; A 1995, 2306; 1997, 3263; 1999, 1255, 3128, 3591, 3595; 2001, 2593; 2003, 2525; 2005, 673; 2011, 724; 2015, 224; 2019, 1077; 2021, 2090)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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.
2. The enforcement of all laws of the State of Nevada while they are performing their duties pursuant to title 45 of NRS and chapter 488 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2523)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 process, including warrants and subpoenas, as may be required in the enforcement of titles 49 and 50 of NRS and chapters 581, 582, 583, 584, 586, 587, 588 and 590 of NRS.
(b) The enforcement of all laws of the State of Nevada while he or she is performing his or her duties pursuant to titles 49 and 50 of NRS and chapters 581, 582, 583, 584, 586, 587, 588 and 590 of NRS.
2. Before any officer described in subsection 1 may exercise the powers of a peace officer, he or she must be certified as a category I peace officer by the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2523; A 1995, 703; 1999, 3621; 2001, 1728; 2003, 2166; 2005, 1104; 2013, 1800; 2021, 1907)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 employed as a criminal investigator by the State Contractors’ Board pursuant to NRS 624.112 has the powers of a peace officer to carry out the person’s duties pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 624.115.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2523; A 1995, 304; 1999, 2967; 2003, 1905)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 all regulations of the Nevada Transportation Authority or the Department of Motor Vehicles pertaining thereto; and
2. Chapter 482 of NRS and NRS 483.230, 483.350 and 483.530 to 483.620, inclusive, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of chapter 706 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2523; A 1997, 1987; 2001, 2594; 2007, 2052)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel › 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 railroad police officer.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2523)