As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Law enforcement officer" means any appointed law enforcement officer or sheriff who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state;

2. "Auxiliary law enforcement officer" means reserve, volunteer, mounted patrol, and other similar terms in common usage and refers to persons appointed and who receive no salary or wages for the performance of any duties and does not include any officer or deputy sheriff who may be employed by a planned community property owners association;

3. "Commission" means the Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training as established by 12-9-103;

4. "Political subdivision" means any county, municipality, township, or other specific local unit of general government;

5. "Part-time law enforcement officer" as applied to employment and training requirements means any officer working less than twenty (20) hours per week and receiving a salary from the employing law enforcement agency;

6. "Law enforcement agency" means any police force or organization whose primary responsibility as established by statute or ordinance is the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state;

7. "Honorary police officer" means any person having no law enforcement authority except as a private citizen;

8. "Direct supervision" means having a designated on-duty, Full-Time certified law enforcement officer responsible for the direction, conduct, and performance of the Auxiliary law enforcement officer when that Auxiliary law enforcement officer is working an assigned duty, but does not mean that the Full-Time certified law enforcement officer must be in physical presence of the Auxiliary law enforcement officer when the Auxiliary officer is working an assigned duty.

HISTORY Acts 1983, No. 757, 1; A.S.A. 1947, 42-1401.