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Statutes > Utah > Title-53 > Chapter-13 > 53-13-10153-13-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Auxiliary officer" means a sworn, certified, and supervised special function officer,as described by Section 53-13-112.
(2) "Certified" means recognized and accepted by the division as having successfully metand maintained the standards and training requirements set and approved by the director of thedivision with the advice and consent of the council.
(3) "Collateral duty" means a duty to corroborate and support a peace officer functionthat is secondary and supplemental to the primary duty of the position.
(4) "Council" means the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council created in Section53-6-106.
(5) "Director" means the director of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Divisionappointed under Section 53-6-104.
(6) "Division" means the Peace Officer Standards and Training Division created inSection 53-6-103.
(7) "Local law enforcement agency" means a law enforcement agency of any politicalsubdivision of the state.
(8) "Primary duties" means those duties which come first in degree of effort andimportance.
(9) "Principal duties" means those duties which are the highest and foremost inresponsibility.
(10) "Reserve officer" means a sworn and certified peace officer, whether paid orvoluntary, who:
(a) is serving in a reserve capacity for a law enforcement agency that is part of oradministered by the state or any of its political subdivisions; and
(b) meets the basic and in-service training requirements of the peace officer classificationin which the officer will function.
(11) "Spectrum" means that which encompasses the scope of authority. "Full spectrum"encompasses total 24-hour authority; while anything less than full authority is contained orrestricted within certain limits as set forth by statute, ordinance, policy, or rule.
(12) "Sworn" means having taken the oath of office set forth in Utah Constitution ArticleIV, Section 10, administered by the law enforcement agency for whom a peace officer works.
(13) "Volunteer" means an officer who donates service without pay or othercompensation except expenses actually and reasonably incurred as approved by the supervisingagency.
(14) (a) "While on duty" means while an officer is actually performing the job duties andwork activities assigned by the employing agency and for which the officer is trained andcertified, and may include time spent outside those duties and activities if that additional timeinvolves an activity that is an integral and necessary part of the job, and is spent for the benefit,and under the direction of, the employing agency.
(b) "While on duty" does not include the time an officer spends commuting between theofficer's home and place of employment unless that time involves an activity in Subsection(14)(a).
Amended by Chapter 92, 1999 General Session
