Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy; criminal

justice agency; board certified training center Sec. 19. (a) The Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, including the academy's board of directors, is designated as a criminal justice agency. (b) The Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy is a board certified training center. (c) As a designated criminal justice agency, the board of directors of the Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy: (1) has all the duties and privileges of a police agency; (2) may appoint, through its executive director, police officers for the Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy; (3) shall establish all rules, policies, and procedures concerning the internal organization, duties, and responsibilities of the police agency, to include: (A) prescribing a distinctive uniform; and (B) designating and operating emergency vehicles; and (4) may undertake investigations according to the purposes of this chapter. As added by P.L.75-2015, SEC.1.