Nevada § 396.3295 - Panel of campus review board: Membership; authority to refer complaint and review internal investigation concerning peace officer; Police Department required to provide personnel information; notice and opportunity for hearing on internal investigation; report of findings; proceedings closed to public; findings and recommendations are public records

§ 396.3295. Panel of campus review board: Membership; authority to refer complaint and review internal investigation concerning peace officer; Police Department required to provide personnel information; notice and opportunity for hearing on internal investigation; report of findings; proceedings closed to public; findings and recommendations are public records

1. A campus review board created pursuant to NRS 396.3291 shall meet in panels to carry out its duties. 2. Members must be selected randomly to serve on a panel, and each panel shall select

one of its members to serve as chair of the panel. 3. A panel of a campus review board may: (a) Refer a complaint against a peace officer of the Police Department for the System

who has served on the campus to the office of the Police Department for the System

on the campus. (b) Review an internal investigation of such a peace officer and make recommendations

regarding any disciplinary action against the peace officer that is recommended by

the office of the Police Department for the System on the campus, including, without

limitation: (1) Increasing or decreasing the recommended level of discipline; and (2) Exonerating the peace officer who has been the subject of the internal investigation. 4. The Police Department for the System shall make available to a panel of a campus

review board any information within a personnel file that is specific to a complaint

against a peace officer of the Police Department for the System who has served on

the campus, or any other material that is specific to the complaint. 5. When reviewing an internal investigation of a peace officer of the system pursuant

to subsection 3, a panel of a campus review board shall provide the peace officer

with notice and an opportunity to be heard. The peace officer may represent himself or herself at the hearing before the panel

or be represented by an attorney or other person of his or her own choosing. The campus review board and the Police Department for the System are not responsible

for providing such representation. 6. The chair of a panel of a campus review board shall report the findings and recommendations

of the panel regarding disciplinary action to the office of the Police Department

for the System on the campus, the president or other chief administrative officer

of the campus and, upon request, the Board of Regents. 7. A proceeding of a panel of a campus review board must be closed to the public. 8. The findings and recommendations of a panel of a campus review board are public

records unless otherwise declared confidential by state or federal law.