Nevada Revised Statutes 289.050 – Consequences of refusal to submit to polygraphic examination
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1. If a peace officer refuses to submit to a polygraphic examination:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 289.050
- 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.
- Law enforcement agency: means any agency, office, bureau, department, unit or division created by any statute, ordinance or rule which:
(a) Has a duty to enforce the law; and
(b) Employs any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289. See Nevada Revised Statutes 289.010
- Peace officer: means any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289. See Nevada Revised Statutes 289.010
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(a) No law enforcement agency may take any disciplinary or retaliatory action against the peace officer; and
(b) No investigator may make a notation of such a refusal in the investigator’s report or in any other manner maintain evidence of such a refusal.
2. Evidence of any refusal by a peace officer to submit to a polygraphic examination is not admissible at any subsequent hearing, trial or other judicial or administrative proceeding.