NAC289.140. Minimum standard of training: Training category I.

The minimum standard of training for officers in training category I is successful completion of a basic course that includes 480 hours of training in:

     1. Law and legal procedures, specifically:

     (a) Civil liability;

     (b) Constitutional law;

     (c) Crimes against persons;

     (d) Crimes against property;

     (e) Juvenile law;

     (f) Laws governing coroners;

     (g) Laws relating to arrest;

     (h) Laws relating to drugs, including, without limitation, current trends in drugs;

     (i) Miscellaneous crimes; 

     (j) Probable cause;

     (k) Rights of victims;

     (l) Search and seizure;

     (m) Traffic laws; and

     (n) Use of force.

     2. Patrol operations and investigations, specifically:

     (a) Abuse of elderly persons;

     (b) Accident investigations;

     (c) Basic patrol procedures;

     (d) Child abuse and sexual abuse of a child;

     (e) Domestic violence and stalking;

     (f) Investigation of crime scenes, collection and preservation of evidence and fingerprinting;

     (g) Principles of investigation;

     (h) Techniques of interviewing and interrogation;

     (i) The DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing course approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and

     (j) Unknown-risk and high-risk vehicle stops.

     3. Performance skills, specifically:

     (a) Health, fitness and wellness;

     (b) Interpersonal communications;

     (c) Operation of emergency vehicles;

     (d) Provision of emergency first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

     (e) Searching of buildings;

     (f) Tactics for the arrest and control of suspects, including, without limitation, methods for arrest and the use of less than lethal weapons;

     (g) Training concerning active assailants;

     (h) Training in the use of firearms; and

     (i) Writing of reports.

     4. The functions of a peace officer, specifically:

     (a) Care of persons in custody;

     (b) Community policing;

     (c) Counter-terrorism and weapons of mass destruction;

     (d) Courtroom demeanor, including, without limitation, the giving of testimony;

     (e) Crisis intervention;

     (f) Ethics in law enforcement;

     (g) Handling of persons with mental illness;

     (h) History and principles of law enforcement;

     (i) Management of stress;

     (j) National Crime Information Center procedures;

     (k) Survival of peace officers;

     (l) Systems of criminal justice; and

     (m) The realities of law enforcement.

     5. Course administration and examinations.

     (Added to NAC by Peace Officers’ Standards & Training Com., eff. 12-17-87; A 8-24-90; A by Peace Officers’ Standards & Training Comm’n by R102-99, 11-2-99; R100-02, 11-12-2002; R146-05, 12-29-2005; R003-07, 4-17-2008; R110-08, 8-26-2008)