Citations Affected:
IC 5-2-8
;
IC 5-10-10-4
;
IC 20-5-2-9.
Synopsis: School corporation police force. Provides that the governing
body of a school corporation may establish a school corporation police
force that is staffed with police officers who have full police powers
and whose survivors are eligible for death benefits. Requires school
corporation police officers to have law enforcement academy education
and basic training and to participate in local continuing education
programs.
Effective: July 1, 2000.
January 10, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education and law enforcement.
education fund shall be made to a county law enforcement agency
without the necessity of first obtaining an appropriation from the
county fiscal body.
(e) Money in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) that is
unencumbered and remains in a county law enforcement continuing
education fund for at least one (1) entire calendar year from the date of
its deposit shall, at the end of a county's fiscal year, be deposited by the
county auditor in the law enforcement training fund established under
IC 5-2-1-13
(b).
(f) To make a claim under
IC 33-19-8-6
a law enforcement agency
shall submit to the fiscal body a verified statement of cause numbers
for fees collected that are attributable to the law enforcement efforts of
that agency.
(g) A law enforcement agency shall submit a claim for fees under
this section in the same county fiscal year in which the fees are
collected under
IC 33-19-5.
(h) A county law enforcement agency program shall provide to each
law enforcement officer employed by the county and may provide to
each law enforcement officer employed by a city or town law
enforcement agency within the county continuing education concerning
the following:
(1) Duties of a law enforcement officer in enforcing restraining
orders, protective orders, temporary injunctions, and permanent
injunctions involving abuse.
(2) Guidelines for making felony and misdemeanor arrests in
cases involving abuse.
(3) Techniques for handling incidents of abuse that:
(A) minimize the likelihood of injury to the law enforcement
officer; and
(B) promote the safety of a victim.
(4) Information about the nature and extent of abuse.
(5) Information about the legal rights of and remedies available
to victims of abuse.
(6) How to document and collect evidence in an abuse case.
(7) The legal consequences of abuse.
(8) The impact on children of law enforcement intervention in
abuse cases.
(9) Services and facilities available to victims of abuse and
abusers.
(10) Verification of restraining orders, protective orders,
temporary injunctions, and permanent injunctions.
(11) Policies concerning arrest or release of suspects in abuse
cases.
(12) Emergency assistance to victims of abuse and criminal
justice options for victims of abuse.
(13) Landlord-tenant concerns in abuse cases.
(14) The taking of an abused child into protective custody.
(15) Assessment of a situation in which a child may be seriously
endangered if the child is left in the child's home.
(16) Assessment of a situation involving an endangered adult (as
defined in
IC 12-10-3-2
).
(17) Response to a sudden, unexpected infant death.
(i) A county law enforcement agency may enter into an agreement
with other law enforcement agencies to provide the continuing
education required by this section and section 2(g) of this chapter.
enforcement officer employed by the city or town law enforcement
agency continuing education concerning the following:
(1) Duties of a law enforcement officer in enforcing restraining
orders, protective orders, temporary injunctions, and permanent
injunctions involving abuse.
(2) Guidelines for making felony and misdemeanor arrests in
cases involving abuse.
(3) Techniques for handling incidents of abuse that:
(A) minimize the likelihood of injury to the law enforcement
officer; and
(B) promote the safety of a victim.
(4) Information about the nature and extent of abuse.
(5) Information about the legal rights of and remedies available
to victims of abuse.
(6) How to document and collect evidence in an abuse case.
(7) The legal consequences of abuse.
(8) The impact on children of law enforcement intervention in
abuse cases.
(9) Services and facilities available to victims of abuse and
abusers.
(10) Verification of restraining orders, protective orders,
temporary injunctions, and permanent injunctions.
(11) Policies concerning arrest or release of suspects in abuse
cases.
(12) Emergency assistance to victims of abuse and criminal
justice options for victims of abuse.
(13) Landlord-tenant concerns in abuse cases.
(14) The taking of an abused child into protective custody.
(15) Assessment of a situation in which the child may be seriously
endangered if the child is left in the child's home.
(16) Assessment of a situation involving an endangered adult (as
defined in
IC 12-10-3-2
).
(17) Response to a sudden, unexpected infant death.
(h) A city or town law enforcement agency may enter into an
agreement with other county, city, or town law enforcement agencies
to provide the continuing education required by this section and section
1(h) of this chapter.
enforcement officer, town marshal, deputy town marshal, or state
university police officer appointed under
IC 20-12-3.5
, or school
corporation police officer appointed under
IC 20-5-2-9.