Ind. Code § 5-2-24-5

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 5-2-24-5 - Authority to exercise police powers throughout Indiana

A tribe may authorize a tribal police officer to exercise police powers in the entire state, or in any part of the state, if:

(1) the tribe adopts an ordinance specifically describing the area in which a tribal police officer appointed under this chapter may exercise police powers; and

(2) the tribe notifies the:

(A) superintendent of the state police department; and

(B) sheriff of the county in which the tribal land is primarily located (or the chief of police of the consolidated city, if the tribal land is primarily located in a consolidated city);

of the boundaries of the area in which the tribal police officer may exercise police powers.

Every two (2) years, by January 31 of the second year, the tribe shall provide the persons described in subdivision (2)(A) and (2)(B) with a notice describing the area in which a tribal police officer may exercise police powers.

IC 5-2-24-5

Added by P.L. 64-2022,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2022.