As used in ORS 181A.775 to 181A.805:\n(1) 'Employ,' when used in the context of the relationship between a law enforcement agency and a police officer, includes the assignment of law enforcement duties on a volunteer basis to a reserve officer.\n(2) 'Law enforcement agency' means the Department of State Police, the Department of Justice, a district attorney, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon, a tribal government and a university, that maintains a law enforcement unit as defined in ORS 181A.355 (12)(a)(A).\n(3) 'Police officer' means a person who is:\n(a) A police officer or reserve officer as defined in ORS 181A.355; and\n(b) Employed by a law enforcement agency to enforce the criminal laws of this state.\n(4) 'Tribal government' means a tribal government as defined in ORS 181A.940:\n(a) With land that is contiguous to the county in which the deadly physical force planning authority is created; and\n(b) That has adopted the provision of tribal law described in ORS 181A.942 (1)(d)(C)(i). [Formerly 181.781; 2021 c.408 §2]
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