(2) Persons employed and compensated as members of a law enforcement agency of a school district, when appointed and duly sworn, are peace officers as defined in ORS 161.015 (4), but only for the purpose of carrying out the duties of their employment. They are not police officers within the meaning of ORS 243.736.
(3) The district school board may:
(a) Provide for uniforms, badges and other identification of members of the law enforcement agency;
(b) Withdraw or withhold from any person employed as a member of the law enforcement agency any part or all of the powers otherwise conferred by law upon peace officers; and
(c) Define the duties of persons employed as members of the law enforcement agency and assign additional duties to those persons as the district school board may deem appropriate.
(4) Between meetings of the district school board, the district superintendent or the deputy of the superintendent shall have power to suspend any person employed as a member of the law enforcement agency pending review of the action as soon as practicable by the district school board. [1975 c.666 §2; 1989 c.606 §2; 1993 c.45 §57; 2021 c.97 §28]