2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 40:2402 — Definitions

§2402.  Definitions

As used in this Chapter:

(1)(a)  "Peace officer" means any full-time employee of the state, a municipality, a sheriff, or other public agency, whose permanent duties actually include the making of arrests, the performing of searches and seizures, or the execution of criminal warrants, and is responsible for the prevention or detection of crime or for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws of this state, but not including any elected or appointed head of a law enforcement department.

(b)  "Peace officer" shall also include those sheriff's deputies whose duties include the care, custody, and control of inmates.

(c)  "Peace officer" shall also include full-time military police officers within the Military Department, State of Louisiana.

(2)  "Law enforcement training course" means a basic or advanced course of study certified by the council on peace officer standards and training, for the purpose of educating and training persons in the skills and techniques required of a peace officer in the discharge of his duties.

(3)  "Training center" means any school, academy, institute, or any place of learning whatsoever, which offers or conducts a law enforcement training course.

(4)  "Governmental entity" means any board, authority, commission, department, office, division, or agency of the state or any of its local political subdivisions.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 397, §1.  Amended by Acts 1979, No. 489, §1; Acts 1984, No. 493, §1; Acts 2001, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 8, §2, eff. Oct. 16, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 817, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.