Law enforcement in Nevada

• 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.

• Category I peace officers include traditional law enforcement officers such as deputy sheriffs, municipal police officers, gaming enforcement and the state troopers of the Nevada Highway Patrol
  Nevada Highway Patrol
  Nevada Highway Patrol is a division of the Nevada Department of Public Safety that is responsible for law enforcement across the entire state of Nevada...
  
  . The Category I peace officer training is a minimum of 480 hours however most Category I academies far exceed the minimum number of hours.

• Category II peace officers are specialists and include officers such as parole
  Parole
  Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...
  
  , probation
  Probation
  Probation literally means testing of behaviour or abilities. In a legal sense, an offender on probation is ordered to follow certain conditions set forth by the court, often under the supervision of a probation officer...
  
  , and bailiff
  Bailiff
  A bailiff is a governor or custodian ; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed...
  
  s. The Category II training varies between eight and ten weeks.

• Category III peace officers are those officers assigned solely to corrections
  Corrections
  In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies and involving the punishment, treatment, and supervision of persons who have been convicted of crimes....
  
   or detention
  Detention (imprisonment)
  Detention is the process when a state, government or citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom of liberty at that time. This can be due to criminal charges being raised against the individual as part of a prosecution or to protect a person or property...
  
  . The typical training is four weeks.

State agencies

• Nevada Department of Corrections
  Nevada Department of Corrections
  The Nevada Department of Corrections is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Nevada. The NDOC headquarters is located in Building 17 in the Stewart Facility in Carson City.-History:...
  
  
• Nevada Department of Public Safety
  Nevada Department of Public Safety
  The Nevada Department of Public Safety is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Nevada. The department is responsible for the protection and safety of residents and visitors....
  
  
  • Nevada Capital Police
  • Nevada Highway Patrol
    Nevada Highway Patrol
    Nevada Highway Patrol is a division of the Nevada Department of Public Safety that is responsible for law enforcement across the entire state of Nevada...
    
    
  • Nevada Investigation Division
  • Nevada Probation and Parole
  • Nevada State Fire Marshal
• Nevada Department of Wildlife
  Nevada Department of Wildlife
  The Nevada Department of Wildlife is the state agency responsible for the restoration and management of fish and wildlife resources, and the promotion of boating safety on Nevada’s waters. NDOW has responsibility for the wildlife resources and enforcement of the wildlife and boating safety laws on...
  
  
  • Game Wardens
• Nevada Gaming Control Board
  • Nevada Legislative Police

Educational agencies

• Clark County School District Police Department
  Clark County School District Police Department
  Clark County School District Police Department is the part of the Clark County School District that is responsible for law enforcement on all of the district campuses. As sworn officers, the department members handle all crimes committed on campus and in the areas around the schools...
  
  
• College of Southern Nevada Police Department
• Truckee Meadows Community College Police Department
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas Police Services
• University of Nevada, Reno Police Department

Tribal agencies

• Paiute Tribal Police
• Wells Tribal Law Enforcement
• Pyramid Lake Tribal Police