Indiana § 20-26-18.2-1 "School resource officer"; training requirements

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-26-18.2-1 — "School resource officer"; training requirements

Indiana § 20-26-18.2-1

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 26SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL

Ch. 18.2School Resource Officers

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Ind. Code § 20-26-18.2-1 (2026).

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(a)As used in this chapter, "school resource officer" means a law enforcement officer who:

(1)has completed the training described in subsection (b);

(2)is assigned to one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools during school hours to:

(A)assist school safety specialists and the safe school committees with the development and implementation of the school safety plan; and

(B)carry out any additional responsibilities assigned to the school resource officer under the employment engagement, contract, or memorandum of understanding and to provide law enforcement services to:

(i)protect against outside threats to the physical safety of students;

(ii)prevent unauthorized access to school property; and

(iii)secure schools against violence and natural disasters; and

(3)is:

(A)e

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(a) As used in this chapter, "school resource
officer" means a law enforcement officer who:
(1) has completed the training described in subsection (b);
(2) is assigned to one (1) or more school corporations or charter
schools during school hours to:
(A) assist school safety specialists and the safe school
committees with the development and implementation of the
school safety plan; and
(B) carry out any additional responsibilities assigned to the
school resource officer under the employment engagement,
contract, or memorandum of understanding and to provide law
enforcement services to:
(i) protect against outside threats to the physical safety of
students;
(ii) prevent unauthorized access to school property; and
(iii) secure schools against violence and natural disasters; and
(3) is:
(A) employed by a law enforcement agency;
(B) appointed as a police reserve officer (as described in IC 36-8-3-20) or as a special deputy (as described in IC 36-8-10-10.6) if the police reserve officer or special deputy:
(i) is subject to the direction of the sheriff or appointing law
enforcement agency;
(ii) is required to obey the rules and orders of the sheriff's
department or appointing law enforcement agency;
(iii) is required to complete all training required of regular
full-time law enforcement officers employed by the sheriff's
department or appointing law enforcement agency; and
(iv) may be removed by the sheriff or appointing law
enforcement agency at any time, with or without cause; or
(C) a school corporation police officer appointed under IC 20-26-16-3.
The term does not include a law enforcement officer who is assigned
to a school to provide security outside a school building for protection
from outside threats, traffic duty, or other duties not consistent with the
duties of a school resource officer.
(b) Before being appointed as a school resource officer, an
individual must have successfully completed the minimum training
requirements established for law enforcement officers under IC 5-2-1-9.
(c) The law enforcement officer appointed as a school resource
officer must receive at least forty (40) hours of school resource officer
training through:
(1) the Indiana law enforcement training board established by IC 5-2-1-3;
(2) the National Association of School Resource Officers; or
(3) another school resource officer training program approved by
the Indiana law enforcement training board;
within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the individual is
initially assigned the duties of a school resource officer. However, if
the current ADM of a school corporation is less than one thousand
(1,000) students, the individual shall complete the school resource
officer training within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the date
the individual is initially assigned the duties of a school resource
officer.
(d) Training described in subsection (c) must include instruction
regarding skills, tactics, and strategies necessary to address the special
nature of:
(1) school campuses; and
(2) school building security needs and characteristics.