4-1-1-5: DEFINITIONS:
ACT: Includes a failure or omission to take action.
AIR RIFLE: Means and includes any air gun, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun or pellet gun which impels a pellet constructed of hard plastic, steel, lead, stone or other hard materials with force that reasonably is expected to cause bodily harm or property damage.
ANOTHER: A person or persons as defined in this chapter other than the offender.
PERSON: Any individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership or unincorporated association. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the singular shall include the plural.
POLICE OFFICER: Any person who by virtue of his office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to specific offenses.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE: A person, other than a public officer, who is authorized to perform any official function on behalf of, and is paid by, the village or any of its subdivisions or agencies.
PUBLIC OFFICER: A person who is elected to office pursuant to a statute or ordinance, or who is appointed to an office which is established, and the qualifications and duties of which are prescribed by statute or ordinance to discharge a public duty for the village or any of its subdivisions or agencies.
REASONABLE BELIEF OR REASONABLY BELIEVES: The person concerned, acting as a reasonable man, believes that the described facts exist. (1974 Code)