2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 9. Motor Vehicles
ARTICLE 30. GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2. Arrests
9-30-2-2. Uniform and badge; marked police vehicle

Universal Citation: IN Code § 9-30-2-2 (2017)
IC 9-30-2-2 Uniform and badge; marked police vehicle

     Sec. 2. A law enforcement officer may not arrest or issue a traffic information and summons to a person for a violation of an Indiana law regulating the use and operation of a motor vehicle on a highway or an ordinance of a city or town regulating the use and operation of a motor vehicle on a highway unless at the time of the arrest the officer is:

(1) wearing a distinctive uniform and a badge of authority; or

(2) operating a motor vehicle that is clearly marked as a police vehicle;

that will clearly show the officer or the officer's vehicle to casual observations to be an officer or a police vehicle. This section does not apply to an officer making an arrest when there is a uniformed officer present at the time of the arrest.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-8-1.]

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.592.

 

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