Section 35-31.5-2-185 - "Law enforcement officer"(a) "Law enforcement officer" means:(1) a police officer (including a tribal police officer, a correctional police officer, and a hospital police officer employed by a hospital police department established under IC 16-18-4), sheriff, constable, marshal, prosecuting attorney, special prosecuting attorney, special deputy prosecuting attorney, the securities commissioner, or the inspector general;(2) a deputy of any of those persons;(3) an investigator for a prosecuting attorney or for the inspector general;(4) a conservation officer;(5) an enforcement officer of the alcohol and tobacco commission;(6) an enforcement officer of the securities division of the office of the secretary of state; or(7) a gaming agent employed under IC 4-33-4.5 or a gaming control officer employed by the gaming control division under IC 4-33-20.(b) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-42-2-1, includes an alcoholic beverage enforcement officer, as set forth in IC 35-42-2-1.(c) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-45-15, includes a federal enforcement officer, as set forth in IC 35-45-15-3.(d) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-44.1-3-1 and IC 35-44.1-3-2, includes a school resource officer (as defined in IC 20-26-18.2-1) and a school corporation police officer appointed under IC 20-26-16.(e) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-40.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 35-40.5-1-1.Amended by P.L. 122-2023,SEC. 17, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 64-2022,SEC. 10, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by P.L. 58-2020,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by P.L. 238-2015, SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by P.L. 221-2013, SEC. 6, eff. 5/9/2013.Amended by P.L. 172-2013, SEC. 10, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by P.L. 13-2013, SEC. 118, eff. 4/1/2013.Added by P.L. 114-2012, SEC. 67, eff. 7/1/2012.