1.  Each law enforcement agency shall annually make available to the public and on a monthly basis submit to the Central Repository a report that includes, without limitation, a compilation of statistics relating to incidents involving the use of force that occurred during the immediately preceding calendar year, or month, as applicable, including, without limitation:

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 193.309

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(a) The number of complaints against peace officers employed by the law enforcement agency relating to the use of force and the number of such complaints that were substantiated; and

(b) A compilation of statistics relating to incidents involving the use of force that, for each incident, includes, without limitation, all information collected by the National Use-of-Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

2.  Each law enforcement agency shall submit the report required pursuant to subsection 1 in a manner approved by the Director of the Department of Public Safety and in accordance with the policies, procedures and definitions of the Department.

3.  The Central Repository shall make the use-of-force data submitted by each law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection 1 available for access by the public on the Internet website of the Central Repository.

4.  The Central Repository may accept gifts, grants and donations from any source for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.

5.  To the extent of legislative appropriation, the Office of the Attorney General shall:

(a) Review the use-of-force data that is publicly available on the Internet website of the Central Repository;

(b) Prepare a report containing any conclusions or recommendations resulting from its review; and

(c) On or before December 1 of each year, submit to the Governor and to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature the report prepared pursuant to paragraph (b).

6.  Each law enforcement agency in this State shall participate in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

7.  Information collected pursuant to this section must not be introduced into evidence or otherwise used in any way against a peace officer during a criminal proceeding.

8.  As used in this section:

(a) ’Central Repository’ means the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.

(b) ’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) The Department of Corrections;

(5) The police department for the Nevada System of Higher Education;

(6) Any political subdivision of this State employing park rangers to enforce laws within its jurisdiction; or

(7) Any political subdivision of this State which has as its primary duty the enforcement of law and which employs peace officers to fulfill its duty.

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