AB 409 — Revises provisions relating to the recruitment and selection of peace officers. (BDR 23-1031)

A.B.Assembly Bill No.

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409–COMMITTEE ON G OVERNMENT A FFAIRS M ARCH 25, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the recruitment and selection of peace officers.

(BDR 23-1031) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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

Existingand lawrequires creates the PeaceCommission Officers’to Standardsadopt andregulations Trainingestablishing Commissionminimum andstandards requiresfor the Commissioncertification toand adoptdecertification, regulationsrecruitment, establishingselection minimumand standardstraining of peace officers.

(NRS 289.500, 289.510) This bill requires the Commission to adoptingadopt of peace regulations concerning the recruitment and selection of peace officers, which include evaluations to identify implicit bias on the part of a peace officer on the basisorientation ofor race,gender color,identity religion,or nationalexpression.in, origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientationEXPLANATION or– genderMatter identityin orbolded expression.italics is new;

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- *AB409* – 2 – (c) Shall adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the certification and decertification, recruitment, selection and training of peace officers.

[(2)] (3) Standards for programs for the continuing education of peace officers, including minimum courses of study and requirements concerning attendance, which must require that all peace- officers81st annuallySession complete(2021) not– less2 than– 12 hours of continuing education in courses that address:address:n 12 hours of (I) Racial profiling;

(I) Racial profiling;

(e) May make necessary inquiries to determine whether the agencies of this State and of the local governments are complying withwit(f) standardsShall setcarry forthout inthe itsduties regulations.required of the Commission pursuant to NRS 432B.610 and 432B.620.

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

(i) Shall develop and approve a standard curriculum of certified training programs in crisis intervention, which may be made available in an electronic format, and which address specialized responses to persons with mental illness and train peace officers to identify the signs and symptoms of mental illness, to de-escalate situations involving persons who appear to be experiencing a - *AB409* – 3 – behavioral health crisis and, if appropriate, to connect such persons pursuant to treatment.this paragraph must be issued a certificate ofveloped completion.

A2. peace officer who completes any program developed pursuant to this paragraph must be issued a certificate of completion.

Regulations adopted by the Commission:

(c)- Must81st requireSession that(2021) all– peace3 officers– receive training in the handling of cases involving abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation and abandonment of older persons or vulnerable persons;

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