NAC289.170. Minimum standard of training: Reserve officers.

The minimum standard of training for reserve officers is successful completion of a basic course that includes 120 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) Search and seizure;

     (k) Traffic laws; and

     (l) Use of force.

     2. Patrol operations and investigations, specifically:

     (a) Abuse of elderly persons;

     (b) Basic patrol procedures;

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

     (d) Domestic violence and stalking;

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

     (f) Principles of investigation; and

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

     3. Performance skills, specifically:

     (a) Health, fitness and wellness;

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

     (c) Searching of buildings;

     (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) Community policing;

     (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; and

     (h) Survival of peace officers.

     5. Course administration and examinations.

     (Added to NAC by Peace Officers’ Standards & Training Comm’n by R066-03, eff. 12-4-2003; A by R146-05, 12-29-2005; R003-07, 4-17-2008; R110-08, 8-26-2008)