(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, 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; or(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.(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, orcement 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.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.
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