Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590

For the purposes of KRS 15.530 to 15.590: (1) "CJIS" means the Criminal Justice Information System; (2) "CJIS-full access course" means an online training program administered and approved by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency; (3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training; (4) "Full-time public safety telecommunicator academy" means a training course of at least one hundred sixty (160) hours approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and delivered by one (1) of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council- approved academies in the state; (5) "Public safety telecommunicator" or "telecommunicator" means any public employee, sworn or civilian, who functions as a public safety dispatcher, 911 telecommunicator, or 911 call taker, whose duties and responsibilities include: (a) Answering, receiving, transferring, or dispatching functions related to 911 calls, as the primary or secondary public safety answering point or emergency communication center; (b) Dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency medical services, emergency management, and other public safety services to the scene of an emergency; or (c) Providing real-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases; and (6) "Telecommunicator overview training" means a forty (40) hour online course approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.