Montana Code > Title 7 > Chapter 32 > Part 2 – Reserve and Auxiliary Officers
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- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Auxiliary officer: means an unsworn, part-time, volunteer member of a law enforcement agency who may perform but is not limited to the performance of such functions as civil defense, search and rescue, office duties, crowd and traffic control, and crime prevention activities. See Montana Code 7-32-201
- Council: means the Montana public safety officer standards and training council established in 2-15-2029. See Montana Code 7-32-201
- General law enforcement duties: means patrol operations performed for detection, prevention, and suppression of crime and the enforcement of criminal and traffic codes of this state and its local governments. See Montana Code 7-32-201
- 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.
- Law enforcement agency: means a law enforcement service provided directly by a local government. See Montana Code 7-32-201
- Law enforcement officer: means a sworn, full-time, employed member of a law enforcement agency who is a peace officer, as defined in 46-1-202, and has arrest authority, as described in 46-6-210. See Montana Code 7-32-201
- Peace officer: has the meaning as defined in 46-1-202. See Montana Code 1-1-207
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- Reserve officer: means a sworn, part-time, volunteer member of a law enforcement agency or a part-time, paid member of a law enforcement agency serving as a court officer as provided in 3-6-303. See Montana Code 7-32-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201