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2021 Indiana Code
Title 20. Education
Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions
Chapter 18.2. School Resource Officers
20-26-18.2-3. School Resource Officer's Police Powers
Universal Citation: IN Code § 20-26-18.2-3 (2021)
Sec. 3. (a) A school resource officer may:
(1) make an arrest;
(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
(4) 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.
As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.7.
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