Indiana § 35-31.5-2-185 "Law enforcement officer"

Indiana Statutes

§ 35-31.5-2-185 — "Law enforcement officer"

Indiana § 35-31.5-2-185

Art. 31.5DEFINITIONS

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 35-31.5-2-185 (2026).

Text

(a)"Law enforcement officer" means:

(1)a police officer (including a tribal police officer, a correctional police officer, and a hospital police officer employed by a hospital police department established under IC 16-18-4), sheriff, constable, marshal, prosecuting attorney, special prosecuting attorney, special deputy prosecuting attorney, the securities commissioner, the state fire marshal, the executive director of the department of homeland security, or the inspector general;

(2)a deputy of any of those persons;

(3)an investigator for a prosecuting attorney or for the inspector general;

(4)a conservation officer;

(5)an enforcement officer of the alcohol and tobacco commission;

(6)an enforcement officer of the securities division of the office of the secretary of state;

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(a) "Law enforcement officer" means:
(1) a police officer (including a tribal police officer, a correctional
police officer, and a hospital police officer employed by a hospital
police department established under IC 16-18-4), sheriff,
constable, marshal, prosecuting attorney, special prosecuting
attorney, special deputy prosecuting attorney, the securities
commissioner, the state fire marshal, the executive director of the
department of homeland security, or the inspector general;
(2) a deputy of any of those persons;
(3) an investigator for a prosecuting attorney or for the inspector
general;
(4) a conservation officer;
(5) an enforcement officer of the alcohol and tobacco
commission;
(6) an enforcement officer of the securities division of the office
of the secretary of state;
(7) a gaming agent employed under IC 4-33-4.5 or a gaming
control officer employed by the gaming control division under IC 4-33-20; or
(8) a fire investigator of the department of homeland security.
(b) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-42-2-1,
includes an alcoholic beverage enforcement officer, as set forth in IC 35-42-2-1.
(c) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-45-15,
includes a federal enforcement officer, as set forth in IC 35-45-15-3.
(d) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-44.1-3-1 and
IC 35-44.1-3-2, includes a school resource officer (as defined in IC 20-26-18.2-1) and a school corporation police officer appointed under
IC 20-26-16.
(e) "Law enforcement officer", for purposes of IC 35-40.5, has the
meaning set forth in IC 35-40.5-1-1.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.114-2012, SEC.67. Amended by P.L.13-2013, SEC.118; P.L.221-2013, SEC.6; P.L.172-2013, SEC.10; P.L.238-2015, SEC.8; P.L.58-2020, SEC.1; P.L.64-2022, SEC.10; P.L.122-2023, SEC.17; P.L.238-2025, SEC.85.