§ 12-7-21. "Peace officerâ€� defined.
"Peace officer,� as used within this chapter, means the following individuals or members
of:
(1) Rhode Island state police;
(2) Any member of a municipal or local police department;
(3) Rhode Island airport corporation police;
(4) Rhode Island park police;
(5) Rhode Island capitol police;
(6) Rhode Island conservation officers;
(7) Rhode Island department of environmental management officers;
(8) Rhode Island fire marshals;
(9) Brown University police officers;
(10) University of Rhode Island campus police officers;
(11) Rhode Island College campus security;
(12) Campus security at the Community College of Rhode Island;
(13) Rhode Island sheriff's department;
(14) The investigators of the department of attorney general appointed pursuant to § 42-9-8.1;
(15) Any federal law enforcement officer;
(16) Correctional investigators, chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections,
and correctional officers of the Rhode Island department of corrections;
(17) The witness protection coordinator of the department of attorney general;
(18) The warden, associate wardens, majors, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, correctional
officers and investigators employed by a project operated by a municipal detention
facility corporation, including, but not limited to, the Donald W. Wyatt Detention
Facility; provided, such parties listed in this subsection (18) herein shall be deemed
to be peace officers while in performance of their duties for the municipal detention
facility only, and shall not be deemed to be peace officers at any time when they
are not in performance of said duties;
(19) Retired non-permanent sworn members of any municipal police department shall be deemed
to be peace officers only while in the performance of their duties for any municipal
police department, and shall be permitted to carry their firearm while in the performance
of their duties for the municipal police department, and shall be subject to in-service
training requirements of title 42, chapter 28;
(20) Auto theft investigators appointed pursuant to § 31-50-1;
(21) Providence fire department arson investigators; provided, that the arson investigator
is a graduate of a police-training academy; and
(22) Rhode Island School of Design police officers.