List of law enforcement agencies in Nevada
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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Nevada.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 76 law enforcement agencies employing 6,643 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.[1]
Law enforcement in Nevada[]
The State of Nevada Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission is responsible to:
- provide for and encourage the training and education of persons whose primary duty is law enforcement to ensure the safety of the residents of and visitors to this state.
- Shall adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the certification and decertification, recruitment, selection and training of peace officers.[1]
Within Nevada, Peace Officers are grouped into one of three classes, Category I, Category II, or Category III:
- Category I peace officers include traditional law enforcement officers such as Police Officers, Deputy Sheriffs, Deputy Marshals, , and State Troopers of the Nevada Highway Patrol. The Category I peace officer training is a minimum of 480 hours.
- Category II peace officers are specialists and include officers such as , , and Constables. The Category II training is a minimum of 330 hours.
- Category III peace officers are those officers assigned solely to . The Category III training is a minimum of 6 weeks.
State agencies[]
- Nevada Department of Agricultural
- Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Nevada Department of Corrections
- Nevada Department of Public Safety
- Capitol Police
- Nevada State Police
- Nevada Department of Wildlife
- Nevada Gaming Control Board
- [2]
County agencies[]
Joint jurisdiction/city-county agencies[]
City agencies[]
- Henderson Police Department
- Las Vegas City Marshals (Deputy City Marshals)
- North Las Vegas Police Department[5]
- Reno Police Department
- [6]
Tribal agencies[]
Railroad police[]
Defunct Agencies[]
- Clark County Sheriff's Department
- Las Vegas Police Department
References[]
- ^ 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
- ^ "Nevada Taxicab Authority Cops Part Police, Part Regulators". Police One. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Sonner, Scott (12 March 2015). "Rural Nevada sheriff defends I-80 cash confiscations". The Associated Press. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Torres, Richardo (29 March 2015). "Pahrump deputy arrested after police say he pointed gun at wife". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ NLV armed robbery leads to officer-involved shooting; by Ricardo Torres, 6 September 2014, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- ^ Miller, Carlos (19 March 2015). "Nevada Deputy Who Made National News Last Year for Abusing Forfeiture Law Arrested on Felony Gun Charge". Photography is not a Crime. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Wells Tribal Law Enforcement
- ^ Pyramid Lake Tribal Police Wadsworth Sub Station
- ^ "Tribal Police". Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Paiute Police Department". Las Vegas Paiute Indian Colony. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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- Lists of United States law enforcement agencies by state
- Law enforcement agencies of Nevada
- Nevada-related lists