164.01 Definition. In this chapter, except in s. 164.06, 'law enforcement officer' means any person employed by the state or by a city, village, town or county for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances, who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances which he or she is employed to enforce.History: 1979 c. 351; Stats. 1979 s. 166.01; 1979 c. 361 s. 71; Stats. 1979 s. 164.01; 1987 a. 350; 1993 a. 53.
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