CHAPTER 2. STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT
IC 10-11-2
Chapter 2. State Police Department
IC 10-11-2-1
"Civilian employee"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "civilian employee" means an
employee assigned to a position other than a position having police
rank as a peace officer.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-2
"Employee"
Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "employee" means an
employee of the department.
(b) The term includes police employees.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-3
"Police employee"
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "police employee" means an
employee who is assigned police work as a peace officer under
section 21 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-4
Department established
Sec. 4. The state police department is established.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-5
State police board established
Sec. 5. (a) The state police board is established. The board shall
administer, manage, and control the department.
(b) The board consists of six (6) members appointed by the
governor, not more than three (3) of whom may belong to the same
political party. A member of the board appointed by the governor
shall serve for a term of four (4) years except when appointed to fill
a vacancy for an unexpired term. In making appointments to the
board, the governor shall select one (1) member from each of six (6)
geographical regions in Indiana as described in subsection (d). Each
member must be a permanent resident of the region from which the
member is appointed.
(c) As vacancies occur, the governor shall select new members by
region, beginning with the lowest numbered region that is not
represented and continuing in that manner until each region is
represented.
(d) For purposes of appointments to the state police board, the
geographical regions described in subsections (b) and (c) are as
follows:
(1) Region I is comprised of Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton,
Jasper, Starke, Pulaski, Benton, White, Warren, and Fountain
counties.
(2) Region II is comprised of St. Joseph, Elkhart, LaGrange,
Steuben, Marshall, Kosciusko, Noble, DeKalb, Whitley, and
Allen counties.
(3) Region III is comprised of Fulton, Cass, Miami, Wabash,
Huntington, Wells, Adams, Carroll, Howard, Grant, Blackford,
Tippecanoe, Clinton, Tipton, Madison, Montgomery, Boone,
Hamilton, and Jay counties.
(4) Region IV is comprised of Hendricks, Marion, and Hancock
counties.
(5) Region V is comprised of Vermillion, Parke, Putnam,
Morgan, Vigo, Clay, Owen, Monroe, Brown, Sullivan, Greene,
Knox, Daviess, Martin, Lawrence, Gibson, Pike, Dubois,
Orange, Crawford, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, and
Perry counties.
(6) Region VI is comprised of Delaware, Randolph, Henry,
Wayne, Johnson, Shelby, Rush, Fayette, Union, Bartholomew,
Decatur, Franklin, Jackson, Jennings, Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio,
Washington, Scott, Jefferson, Switzerland, Clark, Harrison, and
Floyd counties.
(e) Members appointed to the board shall serve during their
respective terms and until their respective successors have been
appointed and qualified. A member of the board may be removed by
the governor for inefficiency, incompetency, or neglect of duty after
the member has been accorded a hearing by the governor upon
reasonable notice of the charge being made against the member.
(f) As compensation for service on the board, each member of the
board is entitled to receive the following:
(1) Twenty-five dollars ($25) per day for each day or part of a
day during which the member is engaged in transacting the
business of the board.
(2) The member's actual traveling and other expenses
necessarily incurred in discharging the duties of the member's
office.
(g) The members of the board shall organize by the election of a
president and a secretary from among their own membership, each
of whom shall serve a term of one (1) year.
(h) Four (4) members of the board constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. The board shall hold regular monthly
meetings and special meetings throughout the year as necessary to
transact the business of the department.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-6
Appointment of superintendent
Sec. 6. (a) The governor shall appoint a superintendent of the
department.
(b) The superintendent:
(1) shall be selected on the basis of training and experience; and
(2) must:
(A) have:
(i) served at least five (5) years as a police executive; or
(ii) had five (5) years experience in the management of
military, semi-military, or police bodies;
to equip the superintendent for the position; and
(B) have been trained in police affairs or public
administration.
(c) The superintendent:
(1) is the executive officer; and
(2) has general charge of the work of the department.
(d) The superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
(e) The governor shall fix the salary of the superintendent.
(f) The superintendent may be removed by the governor with or
without cause.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-7
Department organization
Sec. 7. The department shall be organized in conformity with the
rules adopted by the board.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-8
Purchases; expenditures; salaries
Sec. 8. (a) The state purchasing agent shall purchase all personal
property, supplies, and equipment the department needs.
(b) All capital expenditures shall be made with the approval of the
budget committee.
(c) The salaries and compensation of police employees and other
employees shall be fixed by the board with the approval of the
governor.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-9
Rules
Sec. 9. The superintendent, with the approval of the board, may
adopt rules for the government of the department.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-10
Rank, grade, and position classifications
Sec. 10. (a) The superintendent, with the approval of the board,
shall establish a classification of ranks, grades, and positions in the
department.
(b) For each rank, grade, and position established, the
superintendent shall designate the authority and responsibility within
the limits of this chapter.
(c) For each rank, grade, and position established, the
superintendent shall set standards of qualifications in conformity
with the plans and standards most widely adopted in other states,
dominions, and provinces. The superintendent shall fix the
prerequisites of training, education, and experience for each rank,
grade, and position.
(d) The board, with the approval of the budget agency and the
governor, shall prescribe the salaries to be paid for each rank, grade,
and position.
(e) The superintendent, with the approval of the board and in
accordance with the rules adopted by the superintendent, shall
designate the rank, grade, and position held by each employee of the
department until the superintendent designates an employee to hold
another rank, grade, or position. The superintendent may assign and
reassign each employee of the department to serve at stations and to
perform within the limits of this chapter the duties the superintendent
designates to the employee. The superintendent may determine the
conditions and amounts of bonds required in appropriate cases.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-11
Use of seized motor vehicle
Sec. 11. (a) The superintendent, with the approval of the board
and the budget agency, may accept for use by the department a motor
vehicle forfeited under IC 16-42-20-5.
(b) If the department accepts a vehicle described in subsection (a),
the department shall pay all proper expenses of the proceedings for
forfeiture and sale, including expenses of seizure, maintenance of
custody, and advertising and court costs.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-12
Employees; appointments; political activities
Sec. 12. (a) The superintendent:
(1) with the approval of the board;
(2) within the limits of any appropriation made available for the
purpose; and
(3) subject to section 14 of this chapter;
shall appoint personnel to the ranks, grades, and positions of the
department that the superintendent considers necessary for the
efficient administration of the department.
(b) The superintendent, consistent with prescribed standards and
prerequisites, shall make appointments to the ranks, grades, and
positions of the department in a manner that creates and maintains in
the ranks, grades, and positions personnel not more than fifty percent
(50%) of whom belong to any one (1) political party. If any of the
ranks, grades, or positions contains personnel more than fifty percent
(50%) of whom belong to any one (1) political party, a person who
belongs to the party containing more than fifty percent (50%) of the
personnel may not be appointed or promoted to the rank, grade, or
position if the condition exists.
(c) The superintendent shall:
(1) devise and administer examinations designed to test
applicants in the qualifications required for each rank, grade, or
position; and
(2) appoint only those applicants who best meet the prescribed
standards and prerequisites.
(d) An employee appointed to the department is on probation for
one (1) year from the date of appointment. The board may extend the
employee's probationary status for cause for a period of not more
than one (1) additional year.
(e) An employee may:
(1) be a candidate for elected office or a political party office if
permitted under 5 U.S.C. 1502 and serve in that office if
elected;
(2) be appointed to or selected for a pro tempore appointment
to any office and serve in that office if appointed or selected;
and
(3) if the employee is not on duty, solicit votes and campaign
funds and challenge voters for the office for which the person
is a candidate.
An employee may serve in a part-time local elected office. However,
service in a part-time local elected office must be in accordance with
IC 4-2-6 and the rules and employee policies of the department. If
elected to other than a part-time local elected office, the employee or
appointee shall resign as an employee or appointee before assuming
elected office.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-13
Salaries; police employees
Sec. 13. (a) The board shall categorize salaries of police
employees within each rank based upon the rank held and the number
of years of service in the department through the twentieth year. The
salary ranges the board assigns to each rank shall be divided into a
base salary and twenty (20) increments above the base salary, with:
(1) the base salary in the rank paid to a person with less than
one (1) year of service in the department; and
(2) the highest salary in the rank paid to a person with at least
twenty (20) years of service in the department.
(b) The salary matrix prescribed by this section shall be reviewed
and approved by the budget agency before implementation.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.234-2007,
SEC.306.
IC 10-11-2-14
Training school
Sec. 14. (a) The superintendent, with the approval of the board,
shall organize and maintain a training school for police employees of
the department.
(b) A police employee may not be assigned to regular active duty
until the police employee receives the training and successfully
passes the course for probationers prescribed by the superintendent.
(c) Training courses, other than for probationers, shall be
prescribed and conducted by the superintendent for all police
employees of the department.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-15
Discharge, demotion, and suspension of employee; hearings;
judicial review
Sec. 15. (a) The superintendent may discharge, demote, or
temporarily suspend an employee of the department for cause, after
setting forth charges in writing.
(b) The charges may be based on any violation of the laws of
Indiana or any violation of the rules of the department approved by
the board. A copy of the charges shall be personally delivered to the
employee by the employee's immediate commanding officer.
(c) An employee who is charged under this section has a right to
answer the charges in a personal appearance before the
superintendent. The superintendent shall set the appearance not less
than five (5) days after the delivery of the copy of the written charges
to the employee.
(d) Under the charges and after the personal appearance under this
section, disciplinary action taken by the superintendent is subject to
review at a public hearing before the board if the hearing is
demanded by the disciplined employee not later than fifteen (15)
days after receiving notice of the disciplinary action. The notice shall
be by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be addressed
to the employee at the employee's last known place of residence. If
the employee fails to request a hearing before the board not later than
fifteen (15) days after receiving notice of disciplinary action, as
provided in this section, the decision and action of the superintendent
are final and not subject to review.
(e) An employee who requests a hearing before the board under
this section may be represented by counsel. The attorney general
shall appear in the case to represent the interests of the people of the
state.
(f) The state has the burden of proving the charges giving rise to
the hearing. The procedure in a hearing before the board is informal
and without recourse to the technical common law rules of evidence
required in proceedings in courts.
(g) The board shall:
(1) designate a reporter for the hearing; and
(2) after all evidence has been introduced, make an informal
finding of facts and a determination based upon the facts.
(h) The board shall notify the employee of its findings and
determination by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed
to the employee at the employee's last known place of residence. If
aggrieved by the determination, an employee may seek judicial
review under IC 4-21.5-5.
(i) Probationers may be discharged, demoted, or temporarily
suspended without right to a hearing before the board.
(j) An employee may not be discharged, demoted, temporarily
suspended, or disciplined:
(1) because of political affiliation; or
(2) after the employee's probationary period, except as provided
in this chapter.
(k) This chapter may not be construed to prevent the exercise of
disciplinary measures by commanding officers within the department
under the rules approved by the board.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-16
Number of citations as performance evaluation factor
Sec. 16. (a) This section applies to the issuance of a citation for
a traffic violation under:
(1) IC 9; or
(2) a local ordinance that corresponds to a provision under IC 9.
(b) The department may not give greater consideration to the
number of citations (as defined in IC 9-28-2-1), including:
(1) a summons;
(2) a ticket; or
(3) any other official document;
arising from a parking or standing violation that a law enforcement
officer issues than to any other factor in the evaluation of the law
enforcement officer's performance.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-17
Uniforms and equipment
Sec. 17. (a) The board shall provide, within amounts appropriated
for the purpose, the uniforms and equipment necessary for the
employees of the department to perform their respective duties.
(b) The uniforms and equipment provided to employees under this
section remain the property of the state.
(c) The board may sell uniforms and equipment, with the consent
of the governor, if the uniforms and equipment become unfit for use.
Money received from a sale under this section must be paid into the
state treasury and credited to the state general fund.
(d) The board shall charge against an employee of the department
the value of any property of the department lost or destroyed through
carelessness or neglect of the employee. If the board determines that
the loss or destruction of the department's property was due to
carelessness or neglect of an employee, the value of the equipment
shall be deducted from the pay of the employee.
(e) An employee of the department may perform nonduty work,
for compensation, using the issued uniform, radio, and firearm
provided by the board, if that work is approved by the superintendent
in accordance with the rules and employee policies of the
department. The employee shall reimburse the department for the
value of any uniforms or equipment lost or destroyed in the
performance of the nonduty work.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.83-2006, SEC.1.
IC 10-11-2-18
Official hat and insignia; violation
Sec. 18. (a) The superintendent shall file with the secretary of
state a drawing or photograph and a worded description, including
the color, of the official uniform hat and insignia to be worn by state
police officers while on duty.
(b) A person who wears or uses in public the hat or insignia or
any imitation, reproduction, or facsimile of the hat or insignia, except
an appointed member of the department authorized by the
superintendent to wear the hat or insignia, commits a Class C
infraction.
(c) After the drawing or photograph and worded description of the
hat and insignia are filed with the secretary of state, the hat and
insignia may not be changed by the department.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-19
Employee expenses, lodgings, and subsistence
Sec. 19. (a) The superintendent may approve vouchers to pay
expenses incurred by employees of the department in the discharge
of their duties.
(b) The vouchers shall be audited and paid out of the
appropriations for the department in the manner provided by law.
(c) Allowances for lodging and subsistence while away from
official station may be paid to the employees of the department under
the terms and conditions that the superintendent may prescribe. The
superintendent may provide lodging and subsistence for employees
of the department at their official stations.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-20
Headquarters; purchase of services and equipment; special fund
Sec. 20. (a) The superintendent shall establish headquarters and
stations in localities the superintendent considers advisable for the
enforcement of the laws of the state.
(b) Within the limits of appropriations, the superintendent may do
the following:
(1) Purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire suitable places, lands,
buildings, or rooms as local headquarters.
(2) Erect and equip buildings and headquarters as necessary.
(3) Purchase or otherwise acquire motor equipment, horses, and
other services, commodities, and equipment the superintendent
considers essential for the needs of the employees of the
department in carrying out their duties.
(4) Discontinue any headquarters or stations if the
superintendent considers it desirable for the proper enforcement
of the laws of the state.
(5) Purchase and install any approved standard mechanical
devices or equipment for the instantaneous or rapid
transmission or broadcasting of any information concerning
crime or the apprehension of criminals.
(c) The superintendent, with the approval of the board, may sell,
dispose of, or destroy property that becomes unnecessary or unfit for
further use by the department. Any money received from a sale under
this subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury as a special
fund to be used for the purchase of new equipment. The fund does
not revert to the state general fund.
(d) Authority vested in the superintendent under this section shall
be exercised with the approval of the board.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-21
Enforcement powers; transfer of control or direction of
department members prohibited
Sec. 21. (a) The officers and police employees of the department
have all necessary police powers:
(1) to enforce the laws of the state for the regulation and use of
vehicles;
(2) for the protection of the surface or other physical part of the
highways in Indiana; and
(3) without writ or warrant, to make an arrest for violation of
the laws of the state for the regulation and use of vehicles when
the violation is committed in their presence.
(b) The police employees of the department shall:
(1) prevent and detect offenses;
(2) apprehend offenders;
(3) enforce the laws; and
(4) perform other duties imposed upon them by law.
(c) Police employees of the department have:
(1) in any part of Indiana, the same powers concerning criminal
matters and the enforcement of related laws as sheriffs,
constables, and police officers have in their respective
jurisdictions; and
(2) power to act as agents for the state on return of parolees,
fugitives from justice, and persons extradited to Indiana for
offenses.
(d) A warrant of arrest or search warrant may be executed by any
police employee of the department in any part of the state, according
to the terms of the warrant without endorsement.
(e) Police employees are subject to the call of the governor. The
governor may assign to the department other police duties that the
executive department considers advisable, including the duties
performed by deputy fire marshals.
(f) Police employees have power to arrest, without warrant, a
person who is committing or attempting to commit in their presence
or view a violation of the laws of the state.
(g) Under order of the superintendent, police employees may
cooperate with any other department of the state or with local
authorities.
(h) Police employees may not:
(1) exercise their powers within the limits of a city in labor
disputes; or
(2) suppress rioting and disorder;
except by direction of the governor or upon the request of the mayor
of the city with the approval of the governor or, if the governor is not
available, with the approval of the lieutenant governor. Outside the
limits of a city, police employees may not exercise their power in
labor disputes except by direction of the governor or upon the
request of the judge of the circuit court of the county, with the
approval of the governor or, if the governor is not available, with the
approval of the lieutenant governor.
(i) The control or direction of the officers or members of the
department may not be transferred or delegated to any other agency
or officer of the state or any subdivision of the state.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-22
Fingerprints; identification data
Sec. 22. (a) The members of the department:
(1) shall take fingerprints and any other identification data
prescribed by the superintendent of persons taken into custody
for felonies; and
(2) may, if they consider it advisable, take the fingerprints and
other data of persons taken into custody for offenses other than
felonies.
(b) Members of the department shall promptly transmit and file
fingerprints and other data collected under this section.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-23
Cooperation with other agencies
Sec. 23. The employees of the department shall cooperate and
exchange information with:
(1) any other department or authority of the state or with other
police forces, both within and outside Indiana; and
(2) federal police forces;
to achieve greater success in preventing and detecting crimes and
apprehending criminals.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-24
Correctional institutions to receive prisoners; medical examination
or treatment
Sec. 24. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who
has charge of a jail, prison, correctional facility, or other place of
detention shall:
(1) receive a prisoner arrested by a police employee of the
department within the jurisdiction served by the jail; and
(2) detain the prisoner in custody until otherwise ordered by a
court or by the superintendent.
A person who refuses to receive a prisoner or who releases a prisoner
except as directed may be removed from office by the governor.
(b) A person who has charge of a jail, prison, correctional facility,
or other place of detention may not receive or detain a prisoner in
custody under subsection (a) until the arresting police employee has
had the prisoner examined by a physician or competent medical
personnel if the prisoner appears to be:
(1) unconscious;
(2) suffering from a serious illness;
(3) suffering from a serious injury; or
(4) seriously impaired by alcohol, a controlled substance (as
defined in IC 35-48-1-9), a drug other than a controlled
substance, or a combination of alcohol, a controlled substance,
or drugs.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the cost of the
examination and resulting treatment under subsection (b) is the
financial responsibility of the prisoner receiving the examination or
treatment.
(d) If a prisoner is unable to bear the financial responsibility for
the cost of the examination and treatment under subsection (b), the
prisoner may apply for indigent medical assistance.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-25
Pension program rights preserved
Sec. 25. All rights, duties, and liabilities of the state police
department and its employees provided by IC 10-1-2 (before its
repeal) and IC 10-12-2 are continued and preserved in the state
police department established by this chapter and in those eligible to
receive its benefits as though this chapter had not been enacted.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-26
Weigh station personnel; powers
Sec. 26. (a) The superintendent may assign qualified persons who
are not state police officers to supervise or operate permanent or
portable weigh stations. A person assigned under this section may
stop, inspect, and issue citations to operators of trucks and trailers
having a declared gross weight of at least ten thousand one (10,001)
pounds and buses at a permanent or portable weigh station or while
operating a clearly marked Indiana state police vehicle for violations
of the following:
(1) IC 6-1.1-7-10.
(2) IC 6-6-1.1-1202.
(3) IC 6-6-2.5.
(4) IC 6-6-4.1-12.
(5) IC 8-2.1.
(6) IC 9-18.
(7) IC 9-19.
(8) IC 9-20.
(9) IC 9-21-7-2 through IC 9-21-7-11.
(10) IC 9-21-8-41 pertaining to the duty to obey an official
traffic control device for a weigh station.
(11) IC 9-21-8-45 through IC 9-21-8-48.
(12) IC 9-21-9.
(13) IC 9-21-15.
(14) IC 9-21-21.
(15) IC 9-24-1-1 through IC 9-24-1-2.
(16) IC 9-24-1-7.
(17) Except as provided in subsection (c), IC 9-24-1-6,
IC 9-24-6-16, IC 9-24-6-17, and IC 9-24-6-18, commercial
driver's license.
(18) IC 9-24-4.
(19) IC 9-24-5.
(20) IC 9-24-11-4.
(21) IC 9-24-13-3.
(22) IC 9-24-18-1 through IC 9-24-18-2.
(23) IC 9-25-4-3.
(24) IC 9-28-4.
(25) IC 9-28-5.
(26) IC 9-28-6.
(27) IC 9-29-5-11 through IC 9-29-5-13.
(28) IC 9-29-5-42.
(29) IC 9-29-6-1.
(30) IC 10-14-8.
(31) IC 13-17-5-1, IC 13-17-5-2, IC 13-17-5-3, or IC 13-17-5-4.
(32) IC 13-30-2-1.
(b) For the purpose of enforcing this section, a person assigned
under this section may detain a person in the same manner as a law
enforcement officer under IC 34-28-5-3.
(c) A person assigned under this section may not enforce
IC 9-24-6-14 or IC 9-24-6-15.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.210-2005, SEC.72;
P.L.156-2006, SEC.23; P.L.21-2007, SEC.4; P.L.26-2010, SEC.1.
IC 10-11-2-27
Salaries; motor carrier employees
Sec. 27. (a) The board shall categorize salaries of motor carrier
inspectors within each rank based upon the rank held and the number
of years of service in the department through the tenth year. The
salary ranges the board assigns to each rank shall be divided into a
base salary and ten (10) increments above the base salary, with:
(1) the base salary in the rank paid to a person with less than
one (1) year of service in the department; and
(2) the highest salary in the rank paid to a person with at least
ten (10) years of service in the department.
(b) For purposes of creating the salary matrix prescribed by this
section, the board may not approve salary ranges for any rank that
are less than the salary ranges effective for that rank on January 1,
1995.
(c) The salary matrix prescribed by this section:
(1) shall be reviewed and approved by the budget agency before
implementation; and
(2) must include the job classifications of motor carrier district
coordinator, motor carrier zone coordinator, and motor carrier
administrator.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.234-2007,
SEC.304.
IC 10-11-2-28
Security at state buildings and grounds; special police employees;
capitol police officers; rules
Sec. 28. (a) The department shall maintain security and preserve
the peace in and about the following:
(1) The state capitol building.
(2) A state office building.
(3) A state parking facility.
(4) A state motor pool garage.
(5) A state warehouse.
(6) The Indiana state library.
(7) The governor's residence.
(8) Any other building or property used by the state for any of
the following purposes:
(A) Housing of personnel or activities of an agency or a
branch of state government.
(B) Providing transportation or parking for state employees
or persons having business with state government.
(b) A special police employee of the department assigned to the
security activities under this section, other than an officer or police
employee of the department who possesses police powers under
section 21 of this chapter, possesses all of the common law and
statutory powers of law enforcement officers except for the service
of civil process.
(c) For purposes of IC 5-2-1, a special police employee assigned
to the security activities under this section, other than a regular
police employee of the department, is a capitol police officer.
(d) Capitol police officers shall enforce IC 4-20.5 and rules of the
Indiana department of administration.
(e) The superintendent may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the
following:
(1) Enforce IC 4-20.5 and rules of the Indiana department of
administration concerning the security of state property.
(2) Carry out the responsibilities for security of state property
under this section.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.83-2006, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-28.1
Transfer of certain employees from Indiana department of
administration to department; treatment of employee prior service
Sec. 28.1. (a) The special police employees of the state police
assigned to security activities under IC 10-1-1-29 or IC 10-1-1-30
(before their repeal) initially shall be composed of the employees of
the Indiana department of administration who are employed on June
30, 2002, as part of its security officer activity. Civilian employees
of the Indiana department of administration who support the security
officer activity become employees of the department.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an employee of the
Indiana department of administration who becomes a member of the
department under subsection (a) on July 1, 2002:
(1) is entitled to have the employee's service under the Indiana
department of administration before July 1, 2002, included for
the purpose of computing all applicable employment rights and
benefits with the security section;
(2) is a member of the state retirement fund or pension plan in
which the employee was a member on June 30, 2002; and
(3) if the employee was covered on June 30, 2002, by a labor
agreement to which the state is a party, continues to be subject
to the terms and conditions of the agreement and any successor
labor agreements entered into by the state.
(c) An employee of the Indiana department of administration who:
(1) becomes a member of the department under subsection (a);
and
(2) becomes a state police officer after fulfilling the law
enforcement training requirements and all other requirements of
the department;
is not entitled to have the employee's service under the Indiana
department of administration or the security section included for the
purpose of computing all applicable employment rights and benefits
as a state police officer.
As added by P.L.16-2009, SEC.16.
IC 10-11-2-28.5
Salary matrix for capitol police officers
Sec. 28.5. (a) After June 30, 2007, the board shall use a salary
matrix that categorizes salaries of capitol police officers described in
section 28 of this chapter within each rank based upon the rank held
and the number of years of service in the department through the
tenth year. The salary ranges the board assigns to each rank shall be
divided into a base salary and ten (10) increments above the base
salary, with:
(1) the base salary in the rank paid to a capitol police officer
with less than one (1) year of service in the department; and
(2) the highest salary in the rank paid to a capitol police officer
with at least ten (10) years of service in the department.
(b) For purposes of creating the salary matrix prescribed by this
section, the board may not approve salary ranges for any rank of
capitol police officers that are less than the salary ranges effective for
that rank on January 1, 2006.
(c) The salary matrix prescribed by this section shall be reviewed
and approved by the budget agency before implementation.
(d) The salary matrix developed under subsection (a) must use the
same percentage differentials between increments that are used for
the salary matrix for police employees under IC 10-11-2-13.
As added by P.L.83-2006, SEC.3.
IC 10-11-2-29
Assignment of special police employees as gaming agents
Sec. 29. The superintendent may assign a special police employee
described in section 28(b) of this chapter to serve as a gaming agent
under an agreement with the Indiana gaming commission under
IC 4-33-4-3.5.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.97-2004, SEC.40.
IC 10-11-2-30
Wellness program
Sec. 30. The department may establish a wellness program for
department employees as set forth in IC 4-15-13.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2.
IC 10-11-2-31
Reporting guidelines; format; number and geographical dispersal
Sec. 31. (a) The superintendent shall adopt:
(1) guidelines; and
(2) a reporting form or a specified electronic format, or both;
for the report of a methamphetamine laboratory by a law
enforcement agency under IC 5-2-15-3.
(b) The guidelines adopted under this section must require a law
enforcement agency to report the existence of a methamphetamine
laboratory to:
(1) the department;
(2) the local fire department that serves the area in which the
methamphetamine laboratory is located;
(3) the county health department or, if applicable, multiple
county health department of the county in which the
methamphetamine laboratory is located; and
(4) the Indiana criminal justice institute;
on the form or in the specified electronic format adopted by the
superintendent.
(c) The guidelines adopted under this section:
(1) may incorporate a recommendation of the methamphetamine
abuse task force (IC 5-2-14, expired June 30, 2007, and
repealed) that the superintendent determines to be relevant;
(2) may require the department to report the existence of the
methamphetamine laboratory to one (1) or more additional
agencies or organizations;
(3) must require the department to maintain reports filed under
IC 5-2-15-3 in a manner permitting an accurate assessment of:
(A) the number of methamphetamine laboratories located in
Indiana in a specified period;
(B) the geographical dispersal of methamphetamine
laboratories located in Indiana in a specified period; and
(C) any other information that the superintendent determines
to be relevant; and
(4) must require a law enforcement agency to report any other
information that the superintendent determines to be relevant.
As added by P.L.192-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.186-2007,
SEC.7; P.L.3-2008, SEC.83.
IC 10-11-2-32
Operation of Indiana intelligence fusion center
Sec. 32. The superintendent shall operate the Indiana intelligence
fusion center established by IC 10-11-9-2.
As added by P.L.27-2010, SEC.2.