Ind. Code § 20-26-18.2-3
School resource officer's police powers
Redline — January 1, 2018 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 3. (a) A school resource officer may:
Sec. 3. (a) A school resource officer may:
(1) make an arrest;
(1) make an arrest;
(2) conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property using the reasonable suspicion standard;
(2) conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property using the reasonable suspicion standard;
(3) carry a firearm on or off school property; and
(3) carry a firearm on or off school property;
(4) pursue a person who flees from a school resource officer after the school resource officer has, by visible or audible means, including the operation of the school resource officer's siren or emergency lights, identified themself and ordered the person to stop; and
(5) exercise other police powers with respect to the enforcement of Indiana laws.
(b) A school resource officer has jurisdiction in every county where the school corporation or charter school engaging the officer operates a school or where the school corporation or charter school's students reside. This subsection does not restrict the jurisdiction that a school resource officer may possess due to the officer's employment by a law enforcement agency.
(b) A school resource officer who has completed Tier I or Tier II basic training requirements established by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 has statewide jurisdiction.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.