AB 478 — Requires annual completion by all peace officers of continuing education in certain subjects. (BDR 23-1002)

A.B.Assembly Bill No.

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478–ASSEMBLYMAN FRIERSON M ARCH 25, 2019 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Requires annual completion by all peace officers of continuing education in certain subjects.

(BDR 23-1002) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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Existing law creates the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission and requires the Commission to adopt regulations establishing minimum standardstraining for the certification and decertification, recruitment, selection and must establish, among other things, standards for programs of continuingion education for peace officers,officers. including minimum courses of study.

(NRS 289.510)289.500) ThisThe billregulations requiresof the Commission toand includemust inestablish, theamong regulationsother athings, requirementstandards for allprograms peaceof officerscontinuing toeducation annuallyfor completepeace notofficers, lessincluding thanminimum 12courses hours of continuingstudy. education in courses that address:

(1)(NRS racial289.510) profiling;This bill requires the Commission to include in the regulations a requirement for all peace officers to annually complete not less than 12 hours of health;

(2)(3) mentalofficer humanwell-being; trafficking;

and(4) (7)implicit firearms.implicit bias recognition;

(6) THEhuman PEOPLEtrafficking; OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

and (7) firearms.

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matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

- *AB478* – 2 – (b) Shall provide for and encourage the training and education of persons whose primary duty is law enforcement to ensure the safety of the residents of and visitors to this State.

- 80th Session (2019) – 2 – (IV) Implicit bias recognition;

(3)(4) QualificationsRequirements for instructorsthe certification of peacea officers;course of training.

(d) Shall, when necessary, present courses of training and (4)continuing Requirementseducation courses for thecategory certificationI, ofcategory aII courseand ofcategory training.III peace officers and reserve peace officers.

(d) Shall, when necessary, present courses of training and category III peace officers and reserve peace officers.I and (e) May make necessary inquiries to determine whether the withagencies standardsof setthis forthState inand itsof regulations.rnments are complying (f) Shall carry out the dutieslocal requiredgovernments ofare thecomplying Commissionwith pursuantstandards toset NRSforth 432B.610in andits 432B.620.regulations.

(f) Shall carry out the duties required of the Commission pursuant to NRS 432B.610 and 432B.620.

(c) Must require that all peace officers receive training in the handling of cases involving abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation and abandonment of older persons;

andandglect, -exploitation, *AB478*isolation –(d) 3May –require itthat approvestraining inbe those regulations.be carried on at institutions which Hit -approves *AB478*in those regulations.

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