Sec. 127. (a) “Police officer” means, except as provided in subsection (b), the following:

(1) A regular member of the state police department.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 9-13-2-127

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(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.]

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; P.L.13-2013, SEC.34; P.L.259-2013, SEC.8; P.L.262-2013, SEC.14; P.L.198-2016, SEC.147; P.L.122-2023, SEC.3.

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