Section 289.830 - Certain law enforcement agencies shall require certain peace officers to wear portable event recording device while on duty; adoption of policies and procedures governing use; request for and inspection of record made by device1. A law enforcement agency shall require uniformed peace officers that it employs and who routinely interact with the public to wear a portable event recording device while on duty. Each law enforcement agency shall adopt policies and procedures governing the use of portable event recording devices, which must include, without limitation:(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), requiring activation of a portable event recording device whenever a peace officer is responding to a call for service or at the initiation of any other law enforcement or investigative encounter between a uniformed peace officer and a member of the public;(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), prohibiting deactivation of a portable event recording device until the conclusion of a law enforcement or investigative encounter;(c) Prohibiting the recording of general activity;(d) Protecting the privacy of persons:(1) In a private residence;(2) Seeking to report a crime or provide information regarding a crime or ongoing investigation anonymously; or(3) Claiming to be a victim of a crime;(e) Requiring that any video recorded by a portable event recording device must be retained by the law enforcement agency for not less than 15 days; and(f) Establishing disciplinary rules for peace officers who:(1) Fail to operate a portable event recording device in accordance with any departmental policies;(2) Intentionally manipulate a video recorded by a portable event recording device; or(3) Prematurely erase a video recorded by a portable event recording device.2. Any record made by a portable event recording device pursuant to this section is a public record which may be: (a) Requested only on a per incident basis; and(b) Available for inspection only at the location where the record is held if the record contains confidential information that may not otherwise be redacted.3. As used in this section: (a) "Law enforcement agency" means: (1) The sheriff's office of a county;(2) A metropolitan police department;(3) A police department of an incorporated city;(4) A department, division or municipal court of a city or town that employs marshals;(5) The Nevada Highway Patrol; or(6) A board of trustees of any county school district that employs or appoints school police officers.(b) "Portable event recording device" means a device issued to a peace officer by a law enforcement agency to be worn on his or her body and which records both audio and visual events occurring during an encounter with a member of the public while performing his or her duties as a peace officer.Added to NRS by 2015, 572; A 2017, 588; 2019, 3257Amended by 2019, Ch. 534,§40, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by 2017, Ch. 129,§1, eff. 5/25/2017, op. 7/1/2018.Added by 2015, Ch. 147,§1, eff. 1/1/2016.