Defines "correctional services provider" and adds correctional services providers to the definition of "covered person" for purposes of restricting access to a covered person's address on a public property data base website. Provides that all deputies, excluding reserve deputies and jail deputies, employed by the Marion County sheriff's office on December 31, 2025, shall be certified by the law enforcement training board (board) as Tier II law enforcement officers. Requires the Marion County sheriff's office to submit to the board a list of deputies who have successfully completed at least the minimum basic training requirements at the Marion County Sheriff's Office Academy. Provides that before January 1, 2026, the following actions must be taken: (1) The Marion County Sheriff's Office Academy shall adopt a Tier I basic training curriculum as approved by the board. (2) The board shall approve the Marion County Sheriff's Office Academy as a Tier 1 basic training academy governed by the requirements established by the board. Provides that after January 1, 2026, a deputy employed by the Marion County sheriff's office shall receive basic training at the Marion County Sheriff's Office Academy. Makes changes to the definition of a "law enforcement officer" for purposes of mandatory training for law enforcement officers. Provides that a correctional professional is considered a public safety officer for purposes of determining eligibility for line of duty death benefits. (Current law provides that a correctional officer is considered a public safety officer for determining eligibility for line of duty death benefits.) Provides that a school resource officer who has completed Tier I or Tier II basic training has statewide jurisdiction. Provides that a school resource officer may pursue a person who flees from a school resource officer after the school resource officer has, by visible or audible means, including the operation of the school resource officer's siren or emergency lights, identified themself and ordered the person to stop. Increases the penalty for criminal recklessness from a Class B to a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that the immunities and limitations on liability that apply to a law enforcement officer (and the officer's employing agency) acting within the officer's jurisdictional area also apply to an officer (and employing agency) acting outside the jurisdictional area under certain circumstances. Makes pointing a firearm by a passenger in a vehicle whose driver is committing criminal recklessness a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances. Adds a hospital police department to the definition of police departments required to provide police officers with certain rights. Provides that the legislative council is urged to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the following: (1) Whether a sheriff's office located in a city containing a consolidated city should operate under a merit system. (2) Whether IC 36-3-1-5.1 should be modified or repealed.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Senate Bill (S): 36-2-16-4
Senate Bill (S): 36-2-16-4
Engrossed Senate Bill (S): 36-2-16-4
Senate Bill (H): 5-2-1-2, 5-10-10-4, 5-10-13-2, 20-26-18.2-3, 35-42-2-2, 35-44.1-3-1, 36-2-16-4, 36-8-2.1-3
Engrossed Senate Bill (H): 5-2-1-2, 5-10-10-4, 5-10-13-2, 20-26-18.2-3, 35-42-2-2, 35-44.1-3-1, 36-1-8.5-2, 36-2-16-4, 36-8-2.1-3