IC 9-13-2-127: "Police officer"

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.