AB 133 — Revises provisions relating to peace officers. (BDR 23-240)

[and] (VII) [Firearms.] Individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities;

(VIII) Issues relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons;

(IX) Domestic terrorism;

(X) Emergency vehicle operations;

(XI) Crisis intervention in accordance with the standard curriculum developed pursuant to paragraph (i);

and (XII) Riot control.

- *AB133_R1* – 3 –  At least half of the 48 required hours of professional development and training in courses described in sub- subparagraphs (I) to (XII), inclusive, must be completed in person.

Any remaining hours may be completed in person or online.

(3) Qualifications for instructors of peace officers;

[and] (4) Requirements for the certification of a course of training [.] ;

and (5) Standards for how completion of the programs for the professional development and training of peace officers must be accounted for in any promotions or performance evaluations of peace officers.

(d) Shall, when necessary, present courses of training , professional development and continuing education courses for category I, category II and category III peace officers and reserve peace officers.

(e) May make necessary inquiries to determine whether the agencies of this State and of the local governments are complying with standards set forth in its regulations.

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

(g) May perform any other acts that may be necessary and appropriate to the functions of the Commission as set forth in NRS 289.450 to 289.680, inclusive.

(h) May enter into an interlocal agreement with an Indian tribe to provide training to and certification of persons employed as police officers by that Indian tribe.

(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 behavioral health crisis and, if appropriate, to connect such persons to treatment.

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

NRSRegulations 289.450adopted isby herebythe amendedCommission: to read as follows:

289.450(a) AsApply used in NRS 289.450 to 289.680,all inclusive,agencies and section 1 of this act,State unless the context otherwise requires, the words and termsof definedlocal governments in NRSthis 289.460State tothat 289.490,employ inclusive,persons haveas thepeace meaningsofficers; ascribed to them in those sections.

(b) Must require that all peace officers receive training in the handling of cases involving abuse or neglect of children or missing children;

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

and - *AB133_R1* – 4 – (d) May require that training be carried on at institutions which it approves in those regulations.

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NRS(Deleted 289.830by isamendment.) herebySec. amended to read as follows:

289.830 1.

A law enforcement agency shall require uniformed peace officers that it employs [and who routinely interact with the public] to wear a portable event recording device while interacting with the public on duty.

Each law enforcement agency shall adopt policies and procedures governing the use of portable event recording devices, which must include, without limitation:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), requiring activation of a portable event recording device whenever a peace officer is responding to a call for service or at the initiation of any other law enforcement or investigative encounter between a uniformed peace officer and a member of the public;

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), prohibiting deactivation of a portable event recording device until the conclusion of a law enforcement or investigative encounter;

(c) Prohibiting the recording of general activity;

(d) Protecting the privacy of persons:

(2) Seeking to report a crime or provide information regarding a crime or ongoing investigation anonymously;

or (3) Claiming to be a victim of a crime;

(e) Requiring that any video recorded by a portable event recording device must be retained by the law enforcement agency for not less than 15 days;

and (f) Establishing disciplinary rules for peace officers who:

(1) Fail to operate a portable event recording device in accordance with any departmental policies;

(2) Intentionally manipulate a video recorded by a portable event recording device;

or (3) Prematurely erase a video recorded by a portable event recording device.

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Any record made by a portable event recording device pursuant to this section is a public record which may be:

(a) Requested only on a per incident basis;

and (b) Available for inspection only at the location where the record is held if the record contains confidential information that may not otherwise be redacted.

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As used in this section:

(a) “Law enforcement agency” means:

(1) The sheriff’s office of a county;

(2) A metropolitan police department;

(3) A police department of an incorporated city;

(4) A department, division or municipal court of a city or town that employs marshals;

(5) The Nevada Highway Patrol;

or (6) A board of trustees of any county school district that employs or appoints school police officers.

(b) “Portable event recording device” means a device issued to a peace officer by a law enforcement agency to be worn on his or her body and which records both audio and visual events occurring during an encounter with a member of the public while performing his or her duties as a peace officer.

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The(Deleted provisionsby ofamendment.) NRSSec. 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.

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