Section 5-10-18-3 - "Public safety officer" 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.(13) A department of homeland security fire investigator.Amended by P.L. 170-2022,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2022.Added by P.L. 111-2019,SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2019.