§ 21-39-4-6 — Jurisdiction of police officers appointed under this chapter

Indiana § 21-39-4-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 21: HIGHER EDUCATION
• Art. 39: STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:
• Ch. 4: Powers to Appoint Police Officers

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(a) A police officer may exercise the powers
granted under this chapter as follows:
(1) A police officer may exercise the officer's powers:
(A) upon real property owned or occupied by the state
educational institution employing the police officer, including
the streets passing through and adjacent to the state educational
institution; and
(B) pursuant to the terms of an interoperability agreement
approved under IC 36-8-26-5.
(2) This subdivision applies only to a police officer who meets the
minimum basic training and educational requirements adopted by
the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 as necessary
for employment as a law enforcement officer. An institution may
extend a police officer's territorial jurisdiction to the entire state,
or to any part of the state, if:
(A) the board of trustees adopts a resolution specifically
describing the territorial jurisdiction of a police officer
appointed under this chapter; and
(B) the board of trustees notifies the:
(i) superintendent of the state police department; and
(ii) sheriff of the county in which the institution is primarily
located (or the chief of police of the consolidated city, if the
institution is primarily located in a consolidated city);
of the boundaries of the extended territorial jurisdiction.
The institution shall provide the persons described in clause (B)(i)
and (B)(ii) with notice of the extended jurisdiction every two (2)
years, by January 31 of the second year.
(b) If a police officer appointed under this section exercises the
officer's police powers outside of the county in which the institution is
primarily located, the officer shall notify the sheriff (or, in the case of
a consolidated city, the chief of police) as soon as practicable.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
20-12-3.5-2(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.280. Amended by P.L.30-2011, SEC.2; P.L.103-2022, SEC.5.