{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-181a.775","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 181A.775","heading":"Definitions for ORS 181A.775 to 181A.805.","body":"As used in ORS 181A.775 to 181A.805:\n      (1) “Employ,” when used in the context of the relationship between a law enforcement agency and a police officer, includes the assignment of law enforcement duties on a volunteer basis to a reserve officer.\n      (2) “Law enforcement agency” means the Department of State Police, the Department of Justice, a district attorney, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon, a tribal government and a university, that maintains a law enforcement unit as defined in ORS 181A.355 (12)(a)(A).\n      (3) “Police officer” means a person who is:\n      (a) A police officer or reserve officer as defined in ORS 181A.355; and\n      (b) Employed by a law enforcement agency to enforce the criminal laws of this state.\n      (4) “Tribal government” means a tribal government as defined in ORS 181A.940:\n      (a) With land that is contiguous to the county in which the deadly physical force planning authority is created; and\n      (b) That has adopted the provision of tribal law described in ORS 181A.942 (1)(d)(C)(i).","path":["05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use","18. Executive Branch; Organization","Chapter 181A — State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors181A.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:12Z","sha256":"0d6872c4242a3c5e9b056a3fe071d5f43dbe61a5283954368205f4eec533c87d","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-181a.735","next":"us-or/ors-181a.780"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}