Section 9-13-2-127 - "Police officer"(a) "Police officer" means, except as provided in subsection (b), the following: (1) A regular member of the state police department.(2) A regular member of a city or town police department.(3) A town marshal or town marshal deputy.(4) A regular member of a county sheriff's department.(5) A conservation officer of the department of natural resources.(6) An individual assigned as a motor carrier inspector under IC 10-11-2-26(a).(7) An excise police officer of the alcohol and tobacco commission.(8) A gaming control officer employed by the gaming control division under IC 4-33-20.(9) A conservancy district marshal or deputy conservancy district marshal. The term refers to a police officer having jurisdiction in Indiana, unless the context clearly refers to a police officer from another state or a territory or federal district of the United States.
(b) "Police officer", for purposes of IC 9-21, means an officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-1-3.6-1(f); subsection (b) formerly 9-4-1-12.
Amended by P.L. 122-2023,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 198-2016, SEC. 147, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by P.L. 262-2013, SEC. 14, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by P.L. 259-2013, SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by P.L. 13-2013, SEC. 34, eff. 4/1/2013.As added by P.L. 2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L. 67-1992, SEC.2; P.L. 210-2005, SEC.10; P.L. 94-2006, SEC.3.