(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), if an agreement under section 3 of this chapter concerns the provision of law enforcement or firefighting services, the following provisions apply:

1. (1) Visiting law enforcement officers or firefighters have the same powers and duties as corresponding personnel of the entities they visit, but only for the period they are engaged in activities authorized by the entity they are visiting, and are subject to all provisions of law as if they were providing services within their own jurisdiction.
2. (2) An entity providing visiting personnel remains responsible for the conduct of its personnel, for their medical expenses, for worker's compensation, and if the entity is a volunteer fire department, for all benefits provided by IC 36-8-12 .

(c) This subsection applies to a law enforcement officer that visits another state after a request for assistance from another state under the emergency management compact is made under IC 10-14-5 . A law enforcement officer that visits another state does not have the power of arrest unless the law enforcement officer is specifically authorized to exercise the power by the receiving state.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection

(a) formerly 18-5-1-4.5; subsection (b) formerly 17-3-6.5-1; 17-3-6.5-2; 17-3-6.5-3; 17-3-6.5-4; 18-5-1.5-6.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.115; P.L.229-1996, SEC.1; P.L.30-1998, SEC.4; P.L.1-1999, SEC.80; P.L.2-2003, SEC.100.