Nevada Department of Public Safety
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The Nevada Department of Public Safety (NDPS) is a government
Government
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al agency in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

. The department is responsible for the protection and safety of residents and visitors.

The Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Safety
The Department of Public Safety , also called an Office of Public Safety, is a state or local government umbrella agency in the United States which serves to assist the certain agencies in their services by providing administrative, financial, and technical services and support for core public...

 headquarters
Headquarters
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 is located in Carson City, Nevada
Carson City, Nevada
The Consolidated Municipality of Carson City is the capital of the state of Nevada. The words Consolidated Municipality refer to a series of changes in 1969 which abolished Ormsby County and merged all the settlements contained within its borders into Carson City. Since that time Carson City has...

.

Divisions

  • Capitol Police
    Nevada Capitol Police
    Nevada Capitol Police is a division of the Nevada Department of Public Safety that is responsible for law enforcement in major state buildings within Nevada...

  • Emergency Management
  • Falcon's
  • 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...

  • Investigation Division
  • Office of Criminal Justice
  • Office of Traffic Safety
  • Parole & Probation
  • Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners
  • Records and Identification Bureau
  • State Fire Marshal
  • Training Division
  • Office of Professional Responsibility
  • Sex Offender Registry

See also

  • List of law enforcement agencies in Nevada
  • Denver S. Dickerson
    Denver S. Dickerson
    Denver Sylvester Dickerson was an American politician. He was the 11th Governor of Nevada from 1908 to 1911. A member of the Silver – Democratic coalition party, he had previously held office as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 1907 to 1908...


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