An employee designated by the Taxicab Administrator as:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 289.340

  • 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
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

1.  A taxicab field investigator is a peace officer for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of chapter 706 of NRS. Such an investigator enforcing the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 706A.280 pursuant to NRS 706.8818 must have probable cause that a driver is violating subsection 1 of NRS 706A.280 to initiate a traffic stop of the driver’s vehicle.

2.  An airport control officer is a peace officer only when on duty at the airport.