‘Category II peace officer‘ means:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 289.470

  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • 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
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.

1.  The bailiffs of the district courts, justice courts and municipal courts whose duties require them to carry weapons and make arrests;

2.  Subject to the provisions of NRS 258.070, constables and their deputies;

3.  Inspectors employed by the Nevada Transportation Authority who exercise those powers of enforcement conferred by chapters 706 and 712 of NRS;

4.  Special investigators who are employed full-time by the office of any district attorney or the Attorney General;

5.  Investigators of arson for fire departments who are specially designated by the appointing authority;

6.  Investigators for the State Forester Firewarden who are specially designated by the State Forester Firewarden and whose primary duties are related to the investigation of arson;

7.  Agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board who exercise the powers of enforcement specified in NRS 289.360, 463.140 or 463.1405, except those agents whose duties relate primarily to auditing, accounting, the collection of taxes or license fees, or the investigation of applicants for licenses;

8.  Investigators and administrators of the Division of Compliance Enforcement of the Department of Motor Vehicles who perform the duties specified in subsection 2 of NRS 481.048;

9.  Officers and investigators of the Section for the Control of Emissions From Vehicles and the Enforcement of Matters Related to the Use of Special Fuel of the Department of Motor Vehicles who perform the duties specified in subsection 3 of NRS 481.0481;

10.  Legislative police officers of the State of Nevada;

11.  Parole counselors of the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services;

12.  Juvenile probation officers and deputy juvenile probation officers employed by the various judicial districts in the State of Nevada or by a department of juvenile justice services established by ordinance pursuant to NRS 62G.210 whose official duties require them to enforce court orders on juvenile offenders and make arrests;

13.  Field investigators of the Taxicab Authority;

14.  Security officers employed full-time by a city or county whose official duties require them to carry weapons and make arrests;

15.  The chief of a department of alternative sentencing created pursuant to NRS 211A.080 and the assistant alternative sentencing officers employed by that department;

16.  Agents of the Cannabis Compliance Board who exercise the powers of enforcement specified in NRS 289.355;

17.  Criminal investigators who are employed by the Secretary of State; and

18.  The Inspector General of the Department of Corrections and any person employed by the Department as a criminal investigator.

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