Nev. Admin. Code § 289.140

Current through December 12, 2024

Section 289.140 - Minimum standard of training: Training category I

The minimum standard of training for officers in training category I is successful completion of a basic course that includes 480 hours of training in:

1. Law and legal procedures, specifically:

(a) Civil liability;

(b) Constitutional law;

(c) Crimes against persons;

(d) Crimes against property;

(e) Juvenile law;

(f) Laws governing coroners;

(g) Laws relating to arrest;

(h) Laws relating to drugs, including, without limitation, current trends in drugs;

(i) Miscellaneous crimes;

(j) Probable cause;

(k) Rights of victims;

(l) Search and seizure;

(m) Traffic laws; and

(n) Use of force.

2. Patrol operations and investigations, specifically:

(a) Abuse of elderly persons;

(b) Accident investigations;

(c) Basic patrol procedures;

(d) Child abuse and sexual abuse of a child;

(e) Domestic violence and stalking;

(f) Investigation of crime scenes, collection and preservation of evidence and fingerprinting;

(g) Principles of investigation;

(h) Techniques of interviewing and interrogation;

(i) The DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing course approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and

(j) Unknown-risk and high-risk vehicle stops.

3. Performance skills, specifically:

(a) Health, fitness and wellness;

(b) Interpersonal communications;

(c) Operation of emergency vehicles;

(d) Provision of emergency first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

(e) Searching of buildings;

(f) Tactics for the arrest and control of suspects, including, without limitation, methods for arrest and the use of less than lethal weapons;

(g) Training concerning active assailants;

(h) Training in the use of firearms; and

(i) Writing of reports.

4. The functions of a peace officer, specifically:

(a) Care of persons in custody;

(b) Community policing;

(c) Counter-terrorism and weapons of mass destruction;

(d) Courtroom demeanor, including, without limitation, the giving of testimony;

(e) Crisis intervention;

(f) Ethics in law enforcement;

(g) Handling of persons with mental illness;

(h) History and principles of law enforcement;

(i) Management of stress;

(j) National Crime Information Center procedures;

(k) Survival of peace officers;

(l) Systems of criminal justice; and

(m) The realities of law enforcement.

5. Course administration and examinations.

Nev. Admin. Code § 289.140

Added to NAC by Peace Officers' Standards & Training Com., eff. 12-17-87; A 8-24-90; A by Peace Officers' Standards & Training Comm'n by R102-99, 11-2-99; R100-02, 11-12-2002; R146-05, 12-29-2005; R003-07, 4-17-2008; R110-08, 8-26-2008

NRS 289.510, 289.600