§ 289.150 Sheriffs, their deputies and correctional officers; city and town marshals, police officers and correctional officers; court bailiffs and deputy marshals of certain district courts; constables and their deputies
§ 289.152 Persons employed as police officers by Indian tribe
§ 289.155 Persons appointed and employed by Supreme Court to provide for safety and security of justices and employees of Supreme Court and carry out duties prescribed by Chief Justice
§ 289.160 Security officers and other persons employed or appointed by local governments under certain circumstances
§ 289.170 Special investigators employed by Attorney General; investigators employed by district attorney
§ 289.175 Criminal investigators employed by Secretary of State
§ 289.180 Parole and probation officers; juvenile probation officers; alternative sentencing officers of department of alternative sentencing; director of juvenile services; Chief and parole officers of Youth Parole Bureau; director of department of juve
§ 289.190 School police officers; other officers and employees of school district
§ 289.200 Officers and employees of state facilities for detention of children
§ 289.210 Legislative police
§ 289.220 Director, officers and designated employees of Department of Corrections; certain employees of detention facilities of metropolitan police department
§ 289.230 California correctional officer
§ 289.240 Certain employees of Division of Public and Behavioral Health of Department of Health and Human Services
§ 289.250 Foresters and firewardens; arson investigators
§ 289.260 Rangers and employees of Division of State Parks of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
§ 289.270 Director and certain employees of Department of Public Safety; certain officers and employees of Office of the Military and Department of Motor Vehicles
§ 289.280 Game wardens
§ 289.290 Agricultural police officers appointed by State Department of Agriculture
§ 289.300 Investigator of Private Investigator’s Licensing Board; criminal investigator of State Contractors’ Board
§ 289.310 Commissioner of Insurance and chief deputy
§ 289.320 Certain designated employees of Nevada Transportation Authority
§ 289.330 Railroad police officer
§ 289.340 Taxicab field investigator or airport control officer designated by Taxicab Administrator; enforcement of certain provisions governing transportation network companies
§ 289.350 Members of police department of Nevada System of Higher Education
§ 289.355 Persons designated as enforcement agents by Cannabis Compliance Board
§ 289.360 Members and agents of Nevada Gaming Control Board; members of Nevada Gaming Commission

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 289 > Persons Possessing Powers of Peace Officers

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • 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.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.