§ 36-1-7-7 — Agreements; law enforcement or firefighting services

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), if an
agreement under section 3 of this chapter concerns the provision of law
enforcement or firefighting services, the following provisions apply:
(1) Visiting law enforcement officers or firefighters have the same
powers and duties as corresponding personnel of the entities they
visit, but only for the period they are engaged in activities
authorized by the entity they are visiting, and are subject to all
provisions of law as if they were providing services within their
own jurisdiction.
(2) An entity providing visiting personnel remains responsible for
the conduct of its personnel, for their medical expenses, for
worker's compensation, and if the entity is a volunteer fire
department, for all benefits provided by IC 36-8-12.
(b) A law enforcement or fire service agency of a unit or of the state
may request the assistance of a law enforcement or fire service agency
of another unit, even if no agreement for such assistance is in effect. In
such a case, subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) apply, the agency requesting
assistance shall pay all travel expenses, and all visiting personnel shall
be supervised by the agency requesting assistance.
(c) This subsection applies to a law enforcement officer that visits
another state after a request for assistance from another state under the
emergency management compact is made under IC 10-14-5. A law
enforcement officer that visits another state does not have the power of
arrest unless the law enforcement officer is specifically authorized to
exercise the power by the receiving state.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection
(a) formerly 18-5-1-4.5; subsection (b) formerly 17-3-6.5-1;
17-3-6.5-2; 17-3-6.5-3; 17-3-6.5-4; 18-5-1.5-6.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.28-1988, SEC.115; P.L.229-1996, SEC.1; P.L.30-1998, SEC.4;
P.L.1-1999, SEC.80; P.L.2-2003, SEC.100.