Section 5-2-1-19 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy; criminal justice agency; board certified training center(a) The Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, including the academy's board of directors, is designated as a criminal justice agency.(b) The Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy is a board certified training center.(c) As a designated criminal justice agency, the board of directors of the Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy: (1) has all the duties and privileges of a police agency;(2) may appoint, through its executive director, police officers for the Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy;(3) shall establish all rules, policies, and procedures concerning the internal organization, duties, and responsibilities of the police agency, to include: (A) prescribing a distinctive uniform; and(B) designating and operating emergency vehicles; and(4) may undertake investigations according to the purposes of this chapter.Amended by P.L. 144-2024,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2024.Added by P.L. 75-2015, SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2015.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.