Section 250 IAC 2-11-1 - Police functions and restrictionsAuthority: IC 5-2-1-9
Affected: IC 5-2-1-9; IC 5-2-1-11
Sec. 1.
As a criminal justice agency of the state, with all the duties and privileges of a police agency, the law enforcement training board establishes the following to govern its police functions:
(1) Police powers shall be granted for the following reasons:(A) Attendance of special academies or schools accepting only sworn police officers.(B) Field assignment to an outside police agency for purposes of evaluation, research, or consultation in which police officer/violator contact is a practical possibility.(C) Peacekeeping, investigations, and security on property owned or operated by the board.(2) The executive director shall specify those members of the Indiana law enforcement academy staff who will serve as police officers and those who will serve as civilian employees of the agency.(3) Those persons who are designated to serve as police officers shall meet the following requirements: (A) Be administered an appropriate oath of office by the executive director.(B) Serve at the pleasure of the executive director and may be commissioned or decommissioned as police officers without cause or prejudice and without affecting their status as civilian employees of the board if such action is in the best interest of the operation of the academy.(C) Comply with the mandated basic training requirements established by the board.(4) Police officers appointed by this authority shall serve under the direction of the board's executive director who is authorized and directed to establish such operating procedures deemed necessary to regulate the activities of those officers. Any violation of any operating procedure shall be a violation of this rule.(5) In addition to their primary duties as staff instructors, police officers of the Indiana law enforcement academy shall have all necessary law enforcement powers, including all common law and statutory powers, privileges, and immunities of sheriffs except those specifically forbidden through agency operating procedures established by the executive director.(6) Exercise of these police powers shall be restricted to property owned or operated by the board unless otherwise authorized by its executive director or the board-in quorum.(7) Police officers of the Indiana law enforcement academy are specifically directed to: (A) preserve the peace, maintain order, and prevent the unlawful use of force or violence or other unlawful conduct on property owned or operated by the board;(B) protect all persons and property located on property owned or operated by the board from injury, harm, or damage;(C) assist the executive director in the enforcement of the rules of the board and the Indiana law enforcement academy; and(D) enforce the state motor vehicle laws and motor vehicle rules established by the board on property owned or operated by the board.Law Enforcement Training Board; 250 IAC 2-11-1; filed Dec 23, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 1562; readopted filed Nov 30, 2010, 11:14 a.m.: 20101229-IR-250100663RFAReadopted filed 1/11/2017, 3:25 p.m.: 20170208-IR-250160381RFAReadopted filed 10/17/2023, 3:05 p.m.: 20231115-IR-250230533RFA