Their badge numbers were already public, the court found - so no privacy claim survived
A Nevada police union tried to shield officers' names from a civilian oversight board. The state's highest court said no.
The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Citizen Review Board can publish officer names and badge numbers on its meeting notices, agendas, and findings.
The board, created by state lawmakers in 1999, reviews internal affairs investigations and public complaints against officers.
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association had sued on behalf of its members, including seven named officers, to stop the board from listing that information. The union argued that closed-meeting rules, personnel-file confidentiality, and its collective bargaining agreement with the department all pointed toward keeping officer identities private.
The court disagreed on every count. Under Nevada's Open Meeting Law, a public body must name on its agenda the person whose "character, alleged misconduct, or professional competence" will be considered when part of a meeting is closed for that purpose. The board's meetings on officer conduct are closed by statute - and that closure is exactly what triggers the duty to name the officer. The two rules work together, the court said, not against each other.
The union's contract arguments fared no better. The court found nothing in the bargaining agreement that gave officers a right to...
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