Sec. 6. (a) A sheriff may appoint additional deputy sheriffs or assistants if an emergency arises that requires them for:
(1) promoting public safety and conserving the peace;
(2) repressing, preventing, and detecting crime; and
(3) apprehending criminals.
(b) The county executive shall determine the number and salaries of deputy sheriffs or assistants to be appointed in an emergency. The executive shall provide compensation and necessary expenses for them from the general fund of the county without a specific appropriation. Expenses shall be paid after the appointed persons file sworn vouchers with the executive detailing their expenses.
(c) The deputies or assistants have the same powers that sheriffs have under statute.
(d) The deputy sheriffs or assistants must have been bona fide residents of the county for at least one (1) year before their appointment. This subsection does not apply to a county having a consolidated city.
(e) When the emergency ends, the county executive may reduce the number of deputy sheriffs or assistants to the number that the circumstances require for the public welfare.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-6-1.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.61.
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