SB 323 — Revises provisions relating to peace officers. (BDR 23-925)

S.B.Senate Bill No.

323323–Senators SENATESeevers BGansert; ILLN O.

323–SENATORSand SEEVERSHansen GANSERTCHAPTER.......... ;AND H ANSEN M ARCH 20, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to peace officers.

(BDR 23-925) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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

LegExistingLegislative lawCounsel’s createsDigest: the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission and requires the Commission to adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the certification and decertification, recruitment, selection and training of peace officers.

(NRSand 289.500, 289.510) This bill requires the Commission to adopt regulations toestablishing establishminimum standards for the reciprocitycertification ofand adecertification, personrecruitment, fromselection anotherand statetraining equivalentof to a category III peace officer.ionofficers. or law enforcement training THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

(NRS 289.500, 289.510) This bill requires the Commission to adopt regulations to establish standards for the reciprocity of a person from another state or the Federal Government with a certification or law enforcement training equivalent to a category III peace officer.

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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:

- *SB323* – 2 – (c) Shall adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the certification and decertification, recruitment, selection and training of peace officers.

(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- officers82nd annuallySession complete(2023) not– less2 than– 12 hours of continuing education in courses that address:address:n 12 hours of (I) Racial profiling;

(I) Racial profiling;

(III) The wellwell-being being of officers;

and (7) Standards for the reciprocity of a person who has been certified as a category III peace officer or its equivalent by the certifying authority of another state or who has successfully completed a federal law enforcement training program that is equivalent to a category III peace officer in this State.

- *SB323* – 3 – (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 asasibe 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 - 82nd Session (2023) – 3 – to treatment.

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

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