Sec. 6. (a) A police officer may exercise the powers granted under this chapter as follows:

(1) A police officer may exercise the officer’s powers:

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 21-39-4-6

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(A) upon real property owned or occupied by the state educational institution employing the police officer, including the streets passing through and adjacent to the state educational institution; and

(B) pursuant to the terms of an interoperability agreement approved under IC 36-8-26-5.

(2) This subdivision applies only to a police officer who meets the minimum basic training and educational requirements adopted by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 as necessary for employment as a law enforcement officer. An institution may extend a police officer’s territorial jurisdiction to the entire state, or to any part of the state, if:

(A) the board of trustees adopts a resolution specifically describing the territorial jurisdiction of a police officer appointed under this chapter; and

(B) the board of trustees notifies the:

(i) superintendent of the state police department; and

(ii) sheriff of the county in which the institution is primarily located (or the chief of police of the consolidated city, if the institution is primarily located in a consolidated city);

of the boundaries of the extended territorial jurisdiction.

The institution shall provide the persons described in clause (B)(i) and (B)(ii) with notice of the extended jurisdiction every two (2) years, by January 31 of the second year.

     (b) If a police officer appointed under this section exercises the officer’s police powers outside of the county in which the institution is primarily located, the officer shall notify the sheriff (or, in the case of a consolidated city, the chief of police) as soon as practicable.

[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-3.5-2(b).]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.280. Amended by P.L.30-2011, SEC.2; P.L.103-2022, SEC.5.

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