Nevada § 289.557 - Application for certification as peace officer must include affidavit regarding qualification for service and certain previous employment actions; consequences for failure to include affidavit; duty of Commission to search certain Index or database regarding applicant
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§ 289.557. Application for certification as peace officer must include affidavit regarding qualification for service and certain previous employment actions; consequences for failure to include affidavit; duty of Commission to search certain Index or database regarding applicant
1. An application for certification as a peace officer must include an affidavit stating
that the applicant: (a) Is not disqualified from serving as a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.555 ; (b) Has not been discharged, disciplined or asked to resign from employment with a
law enforcement agency in this State or any other state for conduct which would, under
the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 289.510 , constitute grounds for denying certification or revoking the certificate of a peace
officer; and (c) Has not resigned from employment or otherwise separated from employment with a
law enforcement agency in this State or any other state while an investigation concerning
allegations of conduct which would, under the regulations adopted by the Commission
pursuant to NRS 289.510 , constitute grounds for denying certification or revoking the certificate of a peace
officer, was pending. 2. The Commission shall summarily deny any application for certification as a peace
officer if the application does not include the affidavit required by subsection 1. 3. The Commission shall, for each applicant for certification as a peace officer,
search the National Decertification Index of the International Association of Directors
of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, or an equivalent database maintained for
the purpose of serving as a national registry of certificate or license revocation
actions relating to peace officer misconduct, to ensure that the name of the applicant
does not appear in any such index or database.
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Section 289.557 ("Application for certification as peace officer must include affidavit regarding qualification for service and certain previous employment actions; consequences for failure to include affidavit; duty of Commission to search certain Index or database regarding applicant") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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