{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s15204","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f15204.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f15204.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1)\nPublic safety officer\nThe term \u201cpublic safety officer\u201d means a person serving a public agency, with or without compensation, as a firefighter, law enforcement officer, or emergency services officer, as determined by the Attorney General. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term \u201claw enforcement officer\u201d includes a person who is a corrections or court officer or a civil defense officer.\n(2)\nState\nThe term \u201cState\u201d means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s15204.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15204","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f15204."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15204/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Public safety officer"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cpublic safety officer\u201d means a person serving a public agency, with or without compensation, as a firefighter, law enforcement officer, or emergency services officer, as determined by the Attorney General. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term \u201claw enforcement officer\u201d includes a person who is a corrections or court officer or a civil defense officer.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15204/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"State"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cState\u201d means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}