NRS396.3295. Panel of campus review board: Membership; authority to refer complaint and review internal investigation concerning peace officer; Police Department required to provide personnel information; notice and opportunity for hearing on internal investigation; report of findings; proceedings closed to public; findings and recommendations are public records.

      1.  A campus review board created pursuant to NRS 396.3291 shall meet in panels to carry out its duties.

      2.  Members must be selected randomly to serve on a panel, and each panel shall select one of its members to serve as chair of the panel.

      3.  A panel of a campus review board may:

      (a) Refer a complaint against a peace officer of the Police Department for the System who has served on the campus to the office of the Police Department for the System on the campus.

      (b) Review an internal investigation of such a peace officer and make recommendations regarding any disciplinary action against the peace officer that is recommended by the office of the Police Department for the System on the campus, including, without limitation:

             (1) Increasing or decreasing the recommended level of discipline; and

             (2) Exonerating the peace officer who has been the subject of the internal investigation.

      4.  The Police Department for the System shall make available to a panel of a campus review board any information within a personnel file that is specific to a complaint against a peace officer of the Police Department for the System who has served on the campus, or any other material that is specific to the complaint.

      5.  When reviewing an internal investigation of a peace officer of the system pursuant to subsection 3, a panel of a campus review board shall provide the peace officer with notice and an opportunity to be heard. The peace officer may represent himself or herself at the hearing before the panel or be represented by an attorney or other person of his or her own choosing. The campus review board and the Police Department for the System are not responsible for providing such representation.

      6.  The chair of a panel of a campus review board shall report the findings and recommendations of the panel regarding disciplinary action to the office of the Police Department for the System on the campus, the president or other chief administrative officer of the campus and, upon request, the Board of Regents.

      7.  A proceeding of a panel of a campus review board must be closed to the public.

      8.  The findings and recommendations of a panel of a campus review board are public records unless otherwise declared confidential by state or federal law.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 1464)