In a county in which a metropolitan police department is established, the governing body of any participating city may: 1. Establish a department of detention and may appoint a person to administer the detention facilities; or 2. Appoint a person to administer its jail. (Added to NRS by 1981, 646; A 1985, 1894; 1989, 1176; 1993, 2528)
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