Bill Text: IN HB1120 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Arrests or citations at traffic stops.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-26 - Representatives GiaQuinta and Mahan added as coauthors [HB1120 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1120-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 9-30-2-2.
Synopsis: Arrests or citations at traffic stops. Provides that a law
enforcement officer may not arrest or issue a traffic information and
summons to a person for a violation of a law regulating the use and
operation of a motor vehicle on an Indiana highway or an ordinance of
a city or town regulating the use and operation of a motor vehicle on an
Indiana highway unless, at the time of the arrest or issuance, the
officer: (1) is wearing a distinctive uniform and a badge of authority;
(2) immediately identifies himself or herself as an officer using an
authorized departmental identification card and a badge of authority;
or (3) is operating a motor vehicle that is equipped with at least one
signal lamp equipped with a red beam and a blue beam and a siren.
Provides that, upon request, a law enforcement officer must allow a
person who is the subject of such an: (1) arrest; or (2) issuance of a
traffic information and summons; to contact a law enforcement agency
or emergency dispatcher to verify the identity of the law enforcement
officer. Makes an exception to these requirements for a law
enforcement officer who is: (1) making an arrest; or (2) conducting a
search or seizure of a person or property; in connection with the
commission of a felony or misdemeanor that is not related to the use or
operation of a motor vehicle.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 6, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
Safety.
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(1) making an arrest; or
(2) conducting a search or seizure of a person or property;
in connection with the commission of a felony or misdemeanor that is not related to the use or operation of a motor vehicle.
(b) A law enforcement officer may not arrest or issue a traffic information and summons to a person for a violation of an Indiana law regulating the use and operation of a motor vehicle on an Indiana highway or an ordinance of a city or town regulating the use and operation of a motor vehicle on an Indiana highway unless at the time of the arrest or issuance the officer:
(1) is wearing a distinctive uniform and a badge of authority;
(2) immediately identifies himself or herself as an officer using an authorized departmental identification card and a badge of authority; or
(A) at least one (1) signal lamp equipped with a red beam and a blue beam in the manner provided in IC 9-19-14-5; and
(B) a siren under IC 9-19-14-3.
(c) Upon request, a law enforcement officer shall allow a person who is the subject of an:
(1) arrest; or
(2) issuance of a traffic information and summons;
described in subsection (b) to contact a law enforcement agency or emergency dispatcher to verify the identity of the law enforcement officer.
