Sec. 127. (a) "Police officer" means, except as provided in subsection (b), the following: (1) A regular member of the state police department. (2) A regular member of a city or town police department. (3) A town marshal or town marshal deputy. (4) A regular member of a county sheriff's department. (5) A conservation officer of the department of natural resources. (6) An individual assigned as a motor carrier inspector under IC 10-11-2-26 (a). (7) An excise police officer of the alcohol and tobacco commission. (8) A gaming control officer employed by the gaming control division under IC 4-33-20 . (9) A conservancy district marshal or deputy conservancy district marshal. The term refers to a police officer having jurisdiction in Indiana, unless the context clearly refers to a police officer from another state or a territory or federal district of the United States. (b) "Police officer", for purposes of IC 9-21 , means an officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-1-3.6-1(f); subsection (b) formerly 9-4-1-12.]
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