§ 31-1-21 - Enforcement officers. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 31-1-21

   § 31-1-21  Enforcement officers. – (a) "Police Officer" means every officer authorized to direct or regulatetraffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations or theadministrator of the division of motor vehicles and up to five (5) subordinatesdesignated by the administrator under the provisions of § 31-2-3.

   (b) "Proper Officer" means for the purposes of chapters 1– 50 of this title, any member of the state or municipal police, sheriffor deputy sheriff, city or town sergeant, the administrator of the division ofmotor vehicles, or any subordinate appointed by the administrator of thedivision of motor vehicles under the provisions of § 31-2-3.