Montana § 45-8-108 - Definitions
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§ 45-8-108. Definitions
Definitions. As used in 45-8-107 through 45-8-109 , unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Civil disorder" means a public disturbance involving unlawful acts of violence by a group of two or more persons that causes an immediate danger of or results in injury to the property or person of any other individual. (2) "Governmental military force" means: (a) the national guard as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101; (b) the organized militia of a state or territory of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia not included in the definition of the national guard; and (c) the armed forces of the United States. (3) "Law enforcement agency" means a department of public safety, a police department, a sheriff's office, the highway patrol, or a governmental unit of one or more persons employed by the state or federal government or a political subdivision of the state or federal government, for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances, whose employees are authorized to make arrests for crimes while acting in the scope of their authority. (4) "Peace officer" has the meaning given in 45-2-101 .
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