List of law enforcement agencies in Nevada

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

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.

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 679 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 437 hours .
• Category III peace officers are those officers assigned solely to State Corrections & City/County Detention. The Category III training is a minimum of 10 weeks .

State agencies

• Nevada Department of Agriculture
  • Agriculture Enforcement Division
• Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
  • Division of State Parks
• Nevada Department of Corrections
• Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles Police
• Nevada Department of Public Safety
  • Capitol Police
  • Nevada Highway Patrol
  • Investigations Division
• Nevada Department of Wildlife
  • Law Enforcement Division
• Nevada Gaming Control Board
• Nevada Taxicab Authority ^[2]
• University Police - Southern Command ^[3]
• University Police - Northern Command

County agencies

• Churchill County Sheriff's Office
• Clark County District Attorney Investigations
• Clark County Office of Public Safety
• Clark County Public Response Office
• 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

• Carson City Sheriff’s Office
• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

City agencies

• 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
• City of Las Vegas Animal Protection Services
• 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

• Duckwater Tribal Police ^[9]
• Eastern Nevada Agency Police ^[10]
• Las Vegas Paiute Tribal Police ^[11]
• Lovelock Paiute Tribal Police ^[12]
• Moapa Tribal Police Department ^[13]
• Pyramid Lake Tribal Police ^[14]
• Reno Sparks Indian Colony Tribal Police ^[15]
• Wells Tribal Law Enforcement ^[16]
• Washoe Tribal Police ^[17]

Railroad police

• Union Pacific Police Department

Defunct Agencies

• Clark County Sheriff's Department
• Hoover Dam Police Department
• Las Vegas Police Department
• Las Vegas Department of Detention & Enforcement

Limited Jurisdiction Agencies

• Clark County School District Police
• University Medical Center Department of Public Safety
• Washoe County School District Police

References

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 July 20, 2019.
3. "University Police Services | University Police Services | University of Nevada, Las Vegas". May 22, 2019.
4. Sonner, Scott (March 12, 2015). "Rural Nevada sheriff defends I-80 cash confiscations". The Associated Press. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
5. Torres, Richardo (March 29, 2015). "Pahrump deputy arrested after police say he pointed gun at wife". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 30, 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 (March 19, 2015). "Nevada Deputy Who Made National News Last Year for Abusing Forfeiture Law Arrested on Felony Gun Charge". Photography is not a Crime. Retrieved March 20, 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. Moapa Tribe
14. Pyramid Lake Tribal Police Wadsworth Sub Station
15. "Tribal Police". Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
16. Wells Tribal Law Enforcement
17. Washoe Tribe Police Department Facebook