NAC289.150. Minimum standard of training: Training category II.

The minimum standard of training for officers in training category II is successful completion of a basic course that includes 200 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 relating to arrest;

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

     (h) Miscellaneous crimes;

     (i) Probable cause;

     (j) Rights of victims;

     (k) Search and seizure; and

     (l) Use of force.

     2. Operations and investigations, specifically:

     (a) Abuse of elderly persons;

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

     (c) Domestic violence and stalking;

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

     (e) Principles of investigation; and

     (f) Techniques of interviewing and interrogation.

     3. Performance skills, specifically:

     (a) Health, fitness and wellness;

     (b) Interpersonal communications;

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

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

     (e) Training concerning active assailants;

     (f) Training in the use of firearms; and

     (g) Writing of reports.

     4. The functions of a peace officer, specifically:

     (a) Care of persons in custody;

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

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

     (d) Crisis intervention;

     (e) Ethics in law enforcement;

     (f) Handling of persons with mental illness;

     (g) History and principles of law enforcement;

     (h) Management of stress;

     (i) National Crime Information Center procedures;

     (j) Survival of peace officers;

     (k) Systems of criminal justice; and

     (l) 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; R024-97, 10-1-97; A by Peace Officers’ Standards & Training Comm’n by R102-99, 11-2-99; R146-05, 12-29-2005; R003-07, 4-17-2008; R110-08, 8-26-2008)