{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-13-2-127","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-13-2-127","heading":"\"Police officer\"","body":"Sec. 127. (a) \"Police officer\" means, except as provided in subsection (b), the following:\n(1) A regular member of the state police department.\n(2) A regular member of a city or town police department.\n(3) A town marshal or town marshal deputy.\n(4) A regular member of a county sheriff's department.\n(5) A conservation officer of the department of natural resources.\n(6) An individual assigned as a motor carrier inspector under IC 10-11-2-26(a).\n(7) An excise police officer of the alcohol and tobacco commission.\n(8) A gaming control officer employed by the gaming control division under IC 4-33-20.\n(9) A conservancy district marshal or deputy conservancy district marshal.\nThe 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.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 13. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS","Chapter 2. Definitions"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-13-2-127","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"73f5fd0d54ea222eb7afbd97c4b67a6e6388733d2a779a7b7741c3afc270ccea","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-13-2-126","next":"us-in/ic-9-13-2-128"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}