5-10-18-3. "Public safety officer"

IN Code § 5-10-18-3 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "public safety officer" means any of the following:

(1) An excise police officer.

(2) A conservation enforcement officer.

(3) A gaming agent or a gaming control officer of the Indiana gaming commission (established by IC 4-33-3-1).

(4) A state educational institution police officer appointed under IC 21-39-4.

(5) A police officer who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that appoints a police officer under IC 21-17-5.

(6) A firefighter who is employed by the fire department of a state university.

(7) A firefighter who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that:

(A) maintains a fire department;

(B) employs firefighters for the fire department; and

(C) is accredited by the North Central Association.

(8) A firefighter who is employed by an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport that:

(A) maintains a fire department; and

(B) employs firefighters for the fire department.

(9) A school corporation police officer appointed under IC 20-26-16.

(10) A hospital police officer appointed under IC 16-18-4.

(11) A police officer employed under IC 8-22-3-34 by:

(A) a local airport authority; or

(B) an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport.

(12) A park ranger who:

(A) completed at least the number of weeks of training at the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state that were required at the time the park ranger attended the Indiana law enforcement academy or the law enforcement academy in another state;

(B) graduated from the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state; and

(C) is employed by a local unit public employer located in a county containing a consolidated city.

As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2.