Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), "member of the police department" means the police chief or a police officer appointed to the department.
(b) "Member of the police department", for purposes of IC 36-8-4-7, does not include the police chief hired under a waiver under IC 36-8-4-6.5(c).
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-1-3-1 part; 19-1-17.8-1 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.48. Amended by P.L.148-1992, SEC.1.