performance of duty;
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(b) Grading.--Aggravated assault under subsection (a)(1),
(2) [and] or (9) is a felony of the first degree. Aggravated
assault under subsection (a)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7) [and] or (8)
is a felony of the second degree.
(c) Officers, employees, etc., enumerated.--The officers,
agents, employees and other persons referred to in subsection
(a) shall be as follows:
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(39) An employee of a transportation company.
(d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Electric or electronic incapacitation device." A portable
device which is designed or intended by the manufacturer to be
used, offensively or defensively, to temporarily immobilize or
incapacitate persons by means of electric pulse or current,
including devices operated by means of carbon dioxide
propellant. The term does not include cattle prods, electric
fences or other electric devices when used in agricultural,
animal husbandry or food production activities.
"Emergency medical services personnel." The term includes,
but is not limited to, doctors, residents, interns, registered
nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse aides, ambulance
attendants and operators, paramedics, emergency medical
technicians and members of a hospital security force while
working within the scope of their employment.
"Public passenger transportation." Transportation within
designated areas of a municipality or other built-up place
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