"Full-time police officer" means any law enforcement officer assigned to work on a regular basis for one or more employing units of government more than 1300 hours in any calendar year who:

1. (a) Is authorized to make arrests for violations of the criminal, motor vehicle or boating laws of the state;
2. (b) Is appointed or elected by the unit or units of government as a police officer; and

3. (c) Performs those duties specifically for that or those unit(s) of government including:

   1. (1) State troopers;
   2. (2) Conservation officers;
   3. (3) Special agents of the state liquor commission;
   4. (4) Gaming enforcement investigators of the lottery commission invested with authority pursuant to RSA 21-P:4,VI;
   5. (5) Marine patrol officers of the division of state police;
   6. (6) Deputy sheriffs;
   7. (7) Town and city police officers;
   8. (8) State harbor masters;
   9. (9) Those persons invested with police powers by a municipal government to perform police functions for a college or university;
   10. (10) Investigators appointed by the attorney general and invested with authority pursuant to RSA 21-M:3,VII; and
   11. (11) Forest rangers invested with authority pursuant to RSA 227-G:9, II and RSA 227-G:9, III.

Source. #5836, eff 6-15-94; ss by #7301, eff 6-8-00; ss by #9222, eff 8-1-08; ss by #11196, eff 10-7-16