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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. The Attorney General shall, in consultation with relevant stakeholders and the Keep Nevada Working Task Force created by NRS 225.520, publish model policies which provide guidance and training recommendations to state or local law enforcement agencies. The model policies must prioritize guidance and training recommendations which:
(a) Foster trust between the community and state or local law enforcement agencies; and
(b) Limit, to the fullest extent practicable and consistent with any applicable law, the engagement of state or local law enforcement agencies with federal immigration authorities for the purpose of immigration enforcement.
2. Each state or local law enforcement agency shall:
(a) Adopt policies consistent with the model policies of the Attorney General published pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Notify the Attorney General that the state or local law enforcement agency is not adopting policies consistent with the model policies of the Attorney General.
3. The notification described in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 must include, without limitation:
(a) The reason that the state or local law enforcement agency is not adopting policies consistent with the model policies of the Attorney General; and
(b) A copy of the policies of the state or local law enforcement agency.
4. As used in this section, “state or local law enforcement agency” means:
(a) The sheriff's office of a county;
(b) A metropolitan police department;
(c) A police department of an incorporated city;
(d) Any entity authorized to operate a prison, jail or detention facility, including, without limitation, any facility for the detention of juveniles;
(e) The Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety;
(f) Any department of alternative sentencing; and
(g) Any other state or local agency, office, bureau, department, unit or division created by any statute, ordinance or rule which:
(1) Has a duty to enforce the law; and
(2) Employs any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 18. State Executive Department § 228.206. Model policies which provide guidance and training recommendations to law enforcement agencies: Publication by Attorney General; law enforcement agency required to adopt consistent policies or notify and provide inconsistent policies to Attorney General - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-18-state-executive-department/nv-rev-st-228-206/
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