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AN ACT relating to peace officers; prohibiting false or fraudulent complaints against a peace
officer; requiring each agency that employs peace officers to establish a written
procedure for investigating complaints against peace officers; providing a penalty;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 199 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a
new section to read as follows:
1. A person who knowingly files a false or fraudulent written
complaint or allegation of misconduct against a peace officer for
conduct in the course and scope of his employment is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
2. As used in this section, "peace officer" has the meaning ascribed
to it in NRS 289.010.
Sec. 2.
Chapter 289 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto anew section to read as follows:
Each agency in this state that employs peace officers shall:
1. Establish written procedures for investigating any complaint or
allegation of misconduct made or filed against a peace officer employed
by the agency; and
2. Make copies of the written procedures established pursuant to
subsection 1 available to the public.
The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offensesthat were committed before October 1, 1999.
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