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2020 Georgia Code
Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies
Chapter 4 - Georgia Police Academy
§ 35-4-2. Definitions
Universal Citation: GA Code § 35-4-2 (2020)
As used in this chapter, the term:
- "Academy" means the Georgia Police Academy.
- "Police officer" means any law enforcement officer charged with the duty of enforcing the criminal laws and ordinances of the state or of the counties or municipalities of the state who is employed by and compensated by the state or any county or municipality of the state or who is elected and compensated on a fee basis. The term shall include, but not be limited to, members of the department, municipal police, county police, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, wardens, guards, agents and investigators of the State Forestry Commission, game wardens of the Department of Natural Resources, and agents of the Department of Revenue.
- "State" means the State of Georgia and any department, board, bureau, commission, or other agency thereof.
(Ga. L. 1962, p. 535, § 2; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1175, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 808, § 7/SB 72.)
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted "game wardens" for "conservation rangers" in the last sentence of paragraph (2).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 1, 7. 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sheriffs, Police, and Constables, § 1. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 1.
C.J.S.- 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 573 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 2, 3. 81A C.J.S., States, § 1 et seq.
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