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AN ACT relating to domestic violence; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to conduct a lethality assessment under certain circumstances; requiring a peace officer who conducts a lethality assessment to take certain actions if the assessment indicates that the person assessed is in a potentially high-risk lethal situation; requiring each law enforcement agency to prescribe a written or electronic form for documenting the results of a lethality assessment; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to submit the results of a lethality assessment to the district attorney of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred; authorizing a court to consider the results of a lethality assessment in reviewing the custody status of certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to domestic violence; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to conduct a lethality assessment under certain circumstances; requiring a peace officer who conducts a lethality assessment to take certain actions if the assessment indicates that the person assessed is in a potentially high-risk lethal situation; requiring each law enforcement agency to prescribe a written or electronic form for documenting the results of a lethality assessment; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to submit the results of a lethality assessment to the district attorney of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred; authorizing a court to consider the results of a lethality assessment in reviewing the custody status of certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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Monday, February 3, 2025
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AN ACT relating to domestic violence; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to conduct
Existing law requires a peace officer investigating an act of domestic violence to provide certain information to a person suspected of being a victim of an act of domestic violence. (NRS 171.1225) Section 2 of this bill requires a peace officer investigating an act of domestic violence to complete a lethality assessment form for a person suspected of being a victim of an act of domestic violence if the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the person believed to have committed the act of domestic violence is: (1) his or her spouse or former spouse; (2) a person with whom he or she had or is having a dating relationship; or (3) a person with whom he or she has a child in common. Section 1 of this bill requires a peace officer who completes a lethality assessment form to take certain actions based upon the results of the lethality assessment. Section 1 also requires each law enforcement agency to prescribe a written or electronic form on which the results of a lethality assessment conducted pursuant to section 2 must be reported. Existing law requires a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to prepare and submit to certain persons a written report of the investigation. (NRS 171.1227) Section 3 of this bill requires a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to submit the results of a lethality assessment conducted pursuant to section 2 to the district attorney of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred. Existing law requires
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