Sec. 19. (a) The Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, including the academy’s board of directors, is designated as a criminal justice agency.

     (b) The Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy is a board certified training center.

     (c) As a designated criminal justice agency, the board of directors of the Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy:

(1) has all the duties and privileges of a police agency;

(2) may appoint, through its executive director, police officers for the Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy;

(3) shall establish all rules, policies, and procedures concerning the internal organization, duties, and responsibilities of the police agency, to include:

(A) prescribing a distinctive uniform; and

(B) designating and operating emergency vehicles; and

(4) may undertake investigations according to the purposes of this chapter.

As added by P.L.75-2015, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.144-2024, SEC.4.