Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 36 > Article 8 - Public Safety

• active duty: means full-time service in:

  Indiana Code 5-9-4-2

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• airport authority: refers to an airport authority established under IC 8-22-3. See Indiana Code 36-8-8-1.2
• Americans with Disabilities Act: refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U. See Indiana Code 36-8-6-1.7
• Americans with Disabilities Act: refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U. See Indiana Code 36-8-7-2.7
• Americans with Disabilities Act: refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U. See Indiana Code 36-8-7.5-1.7
• Americans with Disabilities Act: refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• applicable fund: means the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-8.5-3

• appointing authority: means :

  Indiana Code 36-8-4.7-2

• armed forces: means the active and reserve components of the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-4.7-3

• armed forces of the United States: means the active or reserve components of:

  Indiana Code 5-9-4-3

• Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Average annual salary: means the average annual salary of an officer during the five (5) years of highest annual salary in the ten (10) years immediately preceding an officer's retirement date, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• board: means the statewide 911 board established by Indiana Code 36-8-16.8-1
• Board: refers to the sheriff's merit board established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-10-2
• board: means both of the following:

  Indiana Code 5-10-1.7-1

• Board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
• commission: refers to the fire prevention and building safety commission. See Indiana Code 36-8-17-1
• commission: refers to the merit commission for a merit system established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-3.5-0.2
• Commission: means the alcohol and tobacco commission. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• community fast responder: means a volunteer who may be summoned to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation, or other emergency services under the direction of a nonprofit corporation. See Indiana Code 36-8-23-1
• community fast responder nonprofit corporation: means a nonprofit corporation that organizes or directs community fast responders. See Indiana Code 36-8-23-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• department: refers to the department of homeland security established by IC 10-19-2-1. See Indiana Code 36-8-17-4.5
• department: refers to :

  Indiana Code 36-8-21.5-1

• department: refers to the department of homeland security established by IC 10-19-2-1. See Indiana Code 36-8-25-1.5
• department: refers to :

  Indiana Code 36-8-3.5-0.3

• Department: refers to the sheriff's department of a county. See Indiana Code 36-8-10-2
• Department: means the Indiana department of natural resources. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dies in the line of duty: means death that occurs as a direct result of personal injury or illness caused by incident, accident, or violence that results from any action that the participant, in the participant's capacity as an officer:

  Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• district: refers to a fire protection district established under IC 36-8-11. See Indiana Code 36-8-3.5-0.4
• DROP: means the deferred retirement option plan established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-8.5-4
• DROP entry date: means the date that a member's DROP election becomes effective. See Indiana Code 36-8-8.5-6
• DROP frozen benefit: means a member's monthly retirement benefit calculated under the provisions of the applicable fund and based on:

  Indiana Code 36-8-8.5-7

• DROP retirement date: means the future retirement date selected by a member at the time the member makes a DROP election. See Indiana Code 36-8-8.5-8
• Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
• Eligible employee: means the sheriff of a county or a county police officer. See Indiana Code 36-8-10-2
• employee: means a full-time employee of a police or fire department. See Indiana Code 36-8-22-2
• Employee beneficiary: means an eligible employee who has completed an application to become an employee beneficiary and who has had the proper deductions made from the eligible employee's wages as required in the pension trust agreement. See Indiana Code 36-8-10-2
• employee organization: means an organization:

  Indiana Code 36-8-22-3

• employee organization: means a union or other entity that works in whole or in part for the common interest of employees. See Indiana Code 36-8-22.5-1
• employer: means a unit. See Indiana Code 36-8-22-4
• employer: means :

  Indiana Code 36-8-8-2

• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• exclusive recognized representative: means an employee organization elected under section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-22-5
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• fire company: means each organization or group doing duty as part of the fire department, including engine companies, hose companies, those in the telephone or telegraph service, inspectors, mechanics, watchmen, and others in charge of apparatus for extinguishing fires. See Indiana Code 36-8-7-2
• fire department: means a paid fire department or a volunteer fire department that renders fire prevention or fire protection services to a political subdivision. See Indiana Code 36-8-17-2
• fire department: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-8-17-2. See Indiana Code 36-8-17.5-1
• fire department: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-8-2.1-1.1
• fire department: means a fire department established by a county, city, town, or township, including a fire protection district under IC 36-8-11 or a fire protection territory established under IC 36-8-19. See Indiana Code 36-8-2.2-3
• fire protection district: means a fire protection district established under IC 36-8-11-4. See Indiana Code 36-8-19-1.7
• fire safety law: means any law, including rules and orders of the commission, safeguarding life or property from the hazards of fire or explosion. See Indiana Code 36-8-17-3
• firefighter gear: means any clothing designed, intended, or marketed to be a structural firefighting protective ensemble or ensemble element that includes:

  Indiana Code 36-8-27-1

• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• governing board: refers to the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-3.5-0.5

• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• institute: means the Indiana criminal justice institute established under IC 5-2-6-3. See Indiana Code 36-8-19.5-2
• Interest: means the rate of interest specified by rule by the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• interview: means a mandatory discussion to determine facts surrounding a complaint or an internal investigation. See Indiana Code 36-8-2.1-2
• interviewer: means the:

  Indiana Code 36-8-2.1-2.1

• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• local board: means the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-8-2.1

• Mentally incompetent: means of unsound mind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• national guard: means :

  Indiana Code 5-9-4-4

• Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• officeholder: refers to a person who holds a state office, legislative office, local office, or school board office (as those terms are defined in IC 3-5-2). See Indiana Code 5-8-6-2
• officeholder: refers to a person who holds a state, legislative, local, or school board office (all as defined in IC 3-5-2). See Indiana Code 5-9-4-5
• Officer: means any Indiana state excise police officer, any Indiana state conservation enforcement officer, any gaming agent, or any gaming control officer. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• officer in charge of the investigation: means the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-2.1-2.2

• Participant: means any officer who has elected to participate in the retirement plan created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• participating unit: refers to a unit or fire protection district that adopts an ordinance or a resolution under section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-19-2
• Pension engineers: means technical consultants qualified to supervise and assist in the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a pension trust on an actuarially sound basis. See Indiana Code 36-8-10-2
• PFAS chemical: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-8-27-1
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• plan: refers to a siren coverage plan adopted by a county under section 13 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-21.5-3
• planned siren: refers to a siren that satisfies all of the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-21.5-5

• police department: means a police department established by:

  Indiana Code 36-8-2.1-3

• pre-planning inspection: means an inspection of a Class 1 structure (as defined in IC 22-12-1-4) in a place or public way performed by the fire department to determine firefighting strategies necessary to minimize the hazard to firefighters responding to any fire or explosion at the structure, including:

  Indiana Code 36-8-17.5-2

• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Probate: Proving a will
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• provider unit: refers to the participating unit that is responsible for providing the fire protection services within the territory. See Indiana Code 36-8-19-3
• PSAP: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-8-16.8-3
• public safety agency: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-8-16.8-2
• public safety agency: means a state or local law enforcement agency or fire protection agency. See Indiana Code 36-8-25-2
• public safety officer: means the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-2.1-3.1

• public safety telecommunicator: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-8-16.8-4
• public safety telecommunicator: means an individual who:

  Indiana Code 36-8-25-3

• report: refers to a siren coverage report prepared by a county under section 11 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-21.5-6
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• review panel: refers to a mental health disability review panel established under section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-8.3-2
• Salary: means the total compensation, exclusive of expense allowances, paid to any officer by the department or the commission, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Indiana Code 5-10-5.5-1
• severe weather: means :

  Indiana Code 36-8-21.5-7

• siren: means a siren that can be activated within a specified range to warn residents of an occurrence or imminent threat of severe weather. See Indiana Code 36-8-21.5-8
• strike: means a:

  Indiana Code 36-8-22-6

• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• system board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 36-8-8-2.3
• system board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 36-8-8.3-3
• T-CPR: means telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation. See Indiana Code 36-8-25-4
• territory: refers to a fire protection territory established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-19-4
• territory: refers to a fire protection territory established under IC 36-8-19. See Indiana Code 36-8-3.5-0.6
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trust fund: means the assets of the pension trust and consists of voluntary contributions from the department, money paid from the wages of employee beneficiaries, and other payments or contributions made to the pension trust, including the income and proceeds derived from the investment of them. See Indiana Code 36-8-10-2
• Trustee: refers to the trustee of the pension trust, who may be one (1) or more corporate trustees or the treasurer of the county serving under bond. See Indiana Code 36-8-10-2
• unit: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-23. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.8-5
• unit: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-23. See Indiana Code 36-8-22.5-2
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• veteran: means an individual who has served or is serving in the armed forces. See Indiana Code 36-8-4.7-4
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• written agreement: means a written agreement that:

  Indiana Code 36-8-22.5-3