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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Nevada.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 76 law enforcement agencies employing 6,643 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

Law enforcement in Nevada

The State of Nevada Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission is responsible to:

  • provide for and encourage the training and education of persons whose primary duty is law enforcement to ensure the safety of the residents of and visitors to this state.
  • Shall adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the certification and decertification, recruitment, selection and training of peace officers.[2]

Within Nevada, Peace Officers are grouped into one of three classes, Category I, Category II, or Category III:

State agencies

County agencies

Educational agencies

Joint jurisdiction/city-county agencies

City agencies

Township agencies

Tribal agencies

Defunct Agencies

References

  1. ^ 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
  2. ^ a b Commission report Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Sonner, Scott (12 March 2015). "Rural Nevada sheriff defends I-80 cash confiscations". The Associated Press. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. ^ Torres, Richardo (29 March 2015). "Pahrump deputy arrested after police say he pointed gun at wife". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ^ NLV armed robbery leads to officer-involved shooting; by Ricardo Torres, 6 September 2014, Las Vegas Review-Journal
  6. ^ Miller, Carlos (19 March 2015). "Nevada Deputy Who Made National News Last Year for Abusing Forfeiture Law Arrested on Felony Gun Charge". Photography is not a Crime. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Constable". Clark County, Nevada. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  8. ^ Paiute officers keep peace in downtown Las Vegas
  9. ^ Wells Tribal Law Enforcement
  10. ^ Pyramid Lake Tribal Police Wadsworth Sub Station
  11. ^ Tribal Police Say Man Died of Natural Causes, Exposure Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
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