As used in this chapter, "public safety officer" means any of the following:

1. (1) An excise police officer.
2. (2) A conservation enforcement officer.
3. (3) A gaming agent or a gaming control officer of the Indiana gaming commission (established by IC 4-33-3-1 ).
4. (4) A state educational institution police officer appointed under IC 21-39-4 .
5. (5) A police officer who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that appoints a police officer under IC 21-17-5 .
6. (6) A firefighter who is employed by the fire department of a state university.

7. (7) A firefighter who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that:

   1. (A) maintains a fire department;
   2. (B) employs firefighters for the fire department; and
   3. (C) is accredited by the North Central Association.

8. (8) A firefighter who is employed by an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport that:

   1. (A) maintains a fire department; and
   2. (B) employs firefighters for the fire department.
9. (9) A school corporation police officer appointed under IC 20-26-16 .
10. (10) A hospital police officer appointed under IC 16-18-4 .

11. (11) A police officer employed under IC 8-22-3-34 by:

    1. (A) a local airport authority; or
    2. (B) an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport.

12. (12) A park ranger who:

    1. (A) completed at least the number of weeks of training at the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state that were required at the time the park ranger attended the Indiana law enforcement academy or the law enforcement academy in another state;
    2. (B) graduated from the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state; and
    3. (C) is employed by a local unit public employer located in a county containing a consolidated city.
13. (13) A department of homeland security fire investigator.

As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.170-2022, SEC.3.