44-4-302. Definitions. As used in 44-4-301 and this section, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Detention center" means a facility established and maintained by an appropriate entity for the purpose of confining arrested persons or persons sentenced to a detention center.
     (2) "Detention center administrator" means the sheriff, chief of police, administrator, superintendent, director, or other individual serving as the chief executive officer of a detention center or temporary detention center.
     (3) "Detention officer" means a person or a peace officer who has full-time or part-time authority and responsibility for maintaining custody of inmates and who performs tasks related to the operation of a detention center or temporary detention center.
     (4) "Public safety communications officer" means a person who receives requests for emergency services, as defined in 10-4-101, dispatches the appropriate emergency service units, and is certified under 7-31-203.
     (5) "Temporary detention center" means a facility for the temporary detention of an arrested person for up to 72 hours, excluding holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The period of time a person is held in temporary detention may not exceed 96 hours.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 345, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 58, L. 1991.