Nevada Code § 289.557

Application for certification as peace officer must include affidavit regarding qualification for service and certain previous employment actions; consequences for failure to include affidavit; duty of Commission to search certain Index or database regarding applicant
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1. An application for certification as a
peace officer must include an affidavit stating that the applicant:
(a) Is not disqualified from serving as a peace
officer pursuant to NRS 289.555 ;
(b) Has not been discharged, disciplined or asked
to resign from employment with a law enforcement agency in this State or any
other state for conduct which would, under the regulations adopted by the
Commission pursuant to NRS 289.510 ,
constitute grounds for denying certification or revoking the certificate of a
peace officer; and
(c) Has not resigned from employment or otherwise
separated from employment with a law enforcement agency in this State or any
other state while an investigation concerning allegations of conduct which would,
under the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 289.510 , constitute grounds for denying
certification or revoking the certificate of a peace officer, was pending.
2. The Commission shall summarily deny any
application for certification as a peace officer if the application does not
include the affidavit required by subsection 1.
3. The Commission shall, for each
applicant for certification as a peace officer, search the National
Decertification Index of the International Association of Directors of Law
Enforcement Standards and Training, or an equivalent database maintained for
the purpose of serving as a national registry of certificate or license
revocation actions relating to peace officer misconduct, to ensure that the
name of the applicant does not appear in any such index or database.

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