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"Public Safety Officer" is used to include multiple emergency responder disciplines either singularly or in some combination. Public Law 90-351 (Sec. 1217) cites "a public safety officer is an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew."

Though the term is specified in Public Law, the term most popularly identifies a uniformed, sworn law enforcement officer who is also a fire fighter and a medical first responder - usually an Emergency Medical Technician.

States, counties, municipalities, university campuses, and other jurisdictions specify their definition by enactment or ordinance but more commonly in their human resources department for hiring.