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List of law enforcement agencies in Nevada

Summary

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 edit

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.[1]

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

  • Category I peace officers include traditional law enforcement officers such as Police Officers, Deputy Sheriffs, Deputy Marshals, Parole & Probation Officers, and State Troopers of the Nevada Highway Patrol. The Category I peace officer training is a minimum of 480 hours.
  • Category II peace officers are specialists and include officers such as Taxicab Authority Officers, Gaming Control Agents, and Constables. The Category II training is a minimum of 330 hours.
  • Category III peace officers are those officers assigned solely to State Corrections & City/County Detention. The Category III training is a minimum of 6 weeks.

State agencies edit

County agencies edit

  • Churchill County Sheriff's Office
  • Clark County Park Police
  • Clark County Marshal's Office (Nevada)
  • Clark County Sheriff's Department (Nevada)
  • Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services
  • Douglas County Sheriff's Department
  • Elko County Sheriff's Office
  • Esmeralda County Sheriff's Office
  • Eureka County Sheriff's Office
  • Humboldt County Sheriff's Office[4]
  • Mineral County Sheriff's Office
  • Lander County Sheriff's Office
  • Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
  • Lyon County Sheriff's Office
  • Nye County Sheriff's Office[5]
  • Pershing County Sheriff's Office
  • Storey County Sheriff's Office
  • White Pine County Sheriff's Office
  • Washoe County Sheriff's Office

Joint jurisdiction/city-county agencies edit

City agencies edit

  • Boulder City Police Department
  • Carlin Police Department
  • Elko Police Department
  • Ely Police Department
  • Fallon Police Department
  • Henderson Police Department
  • Henderson Township Constable's Office[6]
  • City of Las Vegas Municipal Court Marshals
  • City of Las Vegas Department of Public Safety
  • Las Vegas Animal Control
  • Las Vegas City Marshals
  • Lovelock Police Department
  • Mesquite Constable
  • Mesquite Police Department
  • North Las Vegas Constable
  • North Las Vegas Police Department[7]
  • Reno Police Department
  • Sparks Police Department
  • West Wendover Police Department
  • Winnemucca Police Department[8]
  • Yerington Police Department

Tribal agencies edit

Railroad police edit

Defunct Agencies edit

References edit

  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. ^ "Nevada Taxicab Authority Part Police, Part Regulators". Police One. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. ^ https://www.unlv.edu/police
  4. ^ Sonner, Scott (12 March 2015). "Rural Nevada sheriff defends I-80 cash confiscations". The Associated Press. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. ^ Torres, Richardo (29 March 2015). "Pahrump deputy arrested after police say he pointed gun at wife". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. ^ Constable Henderson Township
  7. ^ NLV armed robbery leads to officer-involved shooting; by Ricardo Torres, 6 September 2014, Las Vegas Review-Journal
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Duckwater Shoshone Tribe Contacts
  10. ^ Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Nevada Chief Thomas Smart
  11. ^ Las Vegas Paiute Police
  12. ^ Lovelock Paiute Tribal Law Enforcement
  13. ^ Pyramid Lake Tribal Police Wadsworth Sub Station
  14. ^ "Tribal Police". Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  15. ^ Wells Tribal Law Enforcement
  16. ^ Washoe Tribe Police Department Facebook

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