Current through November 8, 2024
Section 289.Sec. 1.1 - NEW1. The Executive Director may award a basic certificate by reciprocity to any person if the person: (a) Is currently employed in another state in a position that is equivalent to the position of a category III peace officer in this State or not more than 60 months have lapsed since he or she was employed in another state in a position that is equivalent to the position of a category III peace officer in this State;(b) Meets the minimum standards for appointment established pursuant to NAC 289.110;(c) Provides verifiable evidence that he or she:(1) Has been certified as the equivalent of a category III peace officer by the certifying entity of another state and demonstrates that:(I) Such certification has not been revoked or suspended; and(II) The certification requirements are equivalent to the requirements for obtaining a basic certificate as a category III peace officer in this State;(2) Has successfully completed training in another state that does not have a certifying entity and demonstrates that the training requirements are equivalent to the requirements for obtaining a basic certificate as a category III peace officer in this State; or(3) Has successfully completed a Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers of the United States Department of Homeland Security training program regarding custody and detention, approved by the Commission;(d) Has passed the state certification examination with a score of at least 70 percent; and(e) Has satisfactorily completed a training course that is approved by the Executive Director which consists of a minimum of 40 hours of training that satisfies the requirements established by the Commission pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 289.300 in: (1) Ethics in law enforcement;(4) Handling of persons with mental illness;(5) Public and media relations;(9) Laws relating to drugs, including, without limitation, current trends in drugs;(10) Modern correctional philosophy;(11) Laws relating to correctional institutions;(12) Classification and receiving of offenders;(13) Supervision of offenders;(14) Care of persons in custody;(15) Searches of offender institutions;(16) Games offenders play;(18) Records of offenders in institutions;(19) Domestic violence, stalking and aggravated stalking;(20) Training concerning active assailants;(21) Searching of buildings;(22) Counter-terrorism and weapons of mass destruction; and(23) Fire safety and use of equipment.2. The Commission or its designee will determine whether any certification or training received in another state is equivalent to the requirements for obtaining a basic certificate as a category III peace officer in this State.3. An agency that wants to employ a person who obtains a basic certificate by reciprocity as a category III peace officer pursuant to this section may require the person to pass the state physical fitness examination as described in subsection 3 of NAC 289.205.Nev. Admin. Code § 289.Sec. 1.1
Added to NAC by Peace Officers' Standards & Training Comm'n by R118-23A, eff. 4/19/2024NRS 289.510, as amended by section 1 of Senate Bill No. 323, chapter 158, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 839