§ 36-8-3-18 — Humane officers; appointment; powers and duties

A humane officer shall be appointed in every
city from among the members of the police department. The humane
officer shall detect and arrest persons violating humane statutes. The
humane officer is entitled to the same pay as other police officers of the
city and is subject to the control and discipline of the police
department. If there is an incorporated humane society in the city, the
humane officer shall attend the stated and special meetings of the
society and shall report to it, at least once a month, on all matters
relating to the humane officer's duties under law for the previous
month. If a humane statute or ordinance has, to the humane officer's
knowledge, been violated, the humane officer shall, if directed by the
president of the humane society, file the humane officer's affidavits
before a court charging the person violating the law with the violation.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
18-1-11-16.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.52. Amended by
P.L.127-2017, SEC.225.