State v. Hester

OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

The question presented in this ease is whether a Lower Sioux Indian Community (“Lower Sioux”) police officer is a peace officer authorized to invoke the implied-consent law and request that a person suspected of driving while impaired submit to a chemical test for the presence of alcohol or controlled substances. Because we conclude that the Lower Sioux must have liability insurance limits in the amounts required by statute in order for a Lower Sioux police officer to qualify as a peace officer under MinmStat. § 169A.03, subd. 18(3) (2010), and because those…