Indiana legal term
Law enforcement officer in Indiana Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Indiana legislative session
In Indiana criminal law, “Law enforcement officer” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Indiana criminal code.
What does “Law enforcement officer” mean in Indiana criminal law?
"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, the state fire marshal, the executive director of the department of homeland security, or the inspector general; (2) a deputy of any of those persons; (3) an investigator for a prosecuting attorney or for the inspector general; ( (Ind. Code § 35-31.5-2-185)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Battery
- Duties of driver of motor vehicle involved in accident; sentencing
- Criminal trespass; denial of entry; denial by posting with purple marks; permission to enter; exceptions
- Cruelty to a law enforcement animal
- Disarming a law enforcement officer
- Resisting law enforcement; interfering with public safety
- Stun guns; purchase, possession, and sale; use in commission of crime; use on law enforcement officer
- Impersonating a firefighter at an emergency incident area
- Impersonation of a public servant
- Intoxication upon common carrier prohibited; failure to enforce by a law enforcement officer
- Making an unlawful proposition
- Obstruction of justice
Related terms in the same statutes
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