Assembly Bill No. 304–Committee on Judiciary

February 23, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning complaints against peace officer. (BDR 15-1113)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

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:

1-1 Section 1. Chapter 199 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2 new section to read as follows:

1-3 1. A person who knowingly files a false or fraudulent written

1-4 complaint or allegation of misconduct against a peace officer for

1-5 conduct in the course and scope of his employment is guilty of a

1-6 misdemeanor.

1-7 2. As used in this section, "peace officer" has the meaning ascribed

1-8 to it in NRS 289.010.

1-9 Sec. 2. Chapter 289 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-10 new section to read as follows:

1-11 Each agency in this state that employs peace officers shall:

1-12 1. Establish written procedures for investigating any complaint or

1-13 allegation of misconduct made or filed against a peace officer employed

1-14 by the agency; and

1-15 2. Make copies of the written procedures established pursuant to

1-16 subsection 1 available to the public.

2-1 Sec. 3. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

2-2 that were committed before October 1, 1999.

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