Title III, Executive Branch
15 chapters · 759 sections in this title.
KRS § 15.3971 Court security officers -- Minimum qualifications -- Exceptions
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(1) A person certified as a court security officer after June 26, 2007, under KRS 15.380 to 15.404 shall, at the time of becoming certified, meet the following minimum qualifications: (a) Be a citizen of the United States; (b) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age; (c) 1. Be a…
KRS § 15.3973 Revocation of court security officer certification
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The certification of a court security officer may, after a hearing held in conformity with KRS Chapter 13B, be revoked by the council for one (1) or more of the bases for revocation described under KRS 15.391.
KRS § 15.3975 Training requirements for employment -- Biennial in-service training -- Extension -- Loss of status upon failure to complete training -- Regaining certification
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Extension -- Loss of status upon failure to complete training -- Regaining certification. (1) A court security officer employed or appointed after June 26, 2007, shall satisfy the basic training requirements for employment if he or she successfully completes law enforcement train…
KRS § 15.3977 Certification categories for court security officers
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The following certification categories shall exist for certified court security officers: (1) "Precertification status" means that the court security officer is currently employed or appointed by an agency and meets or exceeds all those minimum qualifications set forth in KRS 15.…
KRS § 15.3979 Court security officer not considered hazardous duty position -- Ineligibility for Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund
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Ineligibility for Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund. Except for persons currently employed in a hazardous duty position and who remain in that hazardous duty position while performing certified court security officer functions, the position of certified court secur…
KRS § 15.398 Statutory provisions not superseded by KRS 15.380 to 15.404
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The following Kentucky Revised Statutes and any administrative regulations promulgated thereunder affecting those peace officers required to be certified pursuant to KRS 15.380 to 15.404 shall not be superseded by the provisions of KRS 15.380 to 15.404, and in all instances the p…
KRS § 15.400 Effect of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 on officers employed before or after December 1, 1998 -- Exception to Open Records Act
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December 1, 1998 -- Exception to Open Records Act. (1) The effective date of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 shall be December 1, 1998. All peace officers employed as of December 1, 1998, shall be deemed to have met all the requirements of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 and shall be granted certified…
KRS § 15.402 Additional requirements by employing agency
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No provisions of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 shall preclude an appointing or employing agency from having requirements that are in excess of or in addition to any requirements specified by KRS 15.380 to 15.404 or an administrative regulation promulgated under KRS 15.380 to 15.404.
KRS § 15.404 Basic training and in-service training for peace officers and constables
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(1) (a) Any peace officers employed or appointed after December 1, 1998, who have not successfully completed basic training at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, shall within one (1) year of their appointment or employment, successfully comp…
KRS § 15.405 Conditional offer of employment as peace officer pending receipt of certification status and employment records
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certification status and employment records. (1) As used in this section, "agency" means any law enforcement agency, or other unit of government listed in KRS 15.380, that employs a certified peace officer. (2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, any agency may make a cond…
KRS § 15.406 Council to provide certification status information to out-of-state law enforcement agency upon request
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enforcement agency upon request. If requested by an out-of-state law enforcement agency, the council shall provide the following information regarding the certification status of any candidate for employment, including if the council has: (1) Received any notification under KRS 1…
KRS § 15.408 Minimum age required to attend basic training course
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(1) Any person who is at least twenty (20) years of age shall be eligible to be employed by a law enforcement agency for the purpose of attending a basic training course as defined in KRS 15.310 if he or she will be twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of becoming certified u…
KRS § 15.409 Wellness program -- Confidentiality of records and communications -- Exceptions to privilege
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Exceptions to privilege. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Early intervention system" means a methodology that identifies and addresses potentially problematic behaviors; and (b) "Wellness program" means a program created by a law enforcement agency to support the physical and me…
KRS § 15.410 Intention of Legislature to assist law enforcement
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It is the intention of the General Assembly to: (1) Ensure that the criminal laws of the Commonwealth are enforced fairly, uniformly, and effectively throughout the state by strengthening and upgrading law enforcement; (2) Attract competent, highly qualified young people to the f…
KRS § 15.420 Definitions for KRS 15.410 to 15.510
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As used in KRS 15.410 to 15.510, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; (2) (a) "Police officer" means: 1. A local officer, limited to: a. A full-time: i. Member of a lawfully organized police department of county, urban-…
KRS § 15.430 Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund -- Funds accruing under KRS 42.190 and 136.392 -- Trust and agency fund
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42.190 and 136.392 -- Trust and agency fund. (1) There is hereby established the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund consisting of appropriations from the general fund of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and insurance premium surcharge proceeds that accrue to this fund pursuant t…
KRS § 15.440 Requirements for participation in fund distribution -- Service and training in another state -- Eligibility of government unit contingent on police department compliance -- Deputies -- Deadlines
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in another state -- Eligibility of government unit contingent on police department compliance -- Deputies -- Deadlines. (1) Each unit of government that meets the following requirements shall be eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the Law Enforcement Foundation Pr…
KRS § 15.442 Court security officers and fire investigators ineligible to participate in fund -- Appointment of court security officer does not affect eligibility of sheriff or deputy sheriffs
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-- Appointment of court security officer does not affect eligibility of sheriff or deputy sheriffs. (1) A court security officer certified pursuant to KRS 15.380 to 15.404 shall not be a deputy sheriff. (2) A court security officer certified or a fire investigator certified as a …
KRS § 15.450 Fund administered by secretary -- Administrative regulations -- Reimbursement of administrative costs -- Reports
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Reimbursement of administrative costs -- Reports. (1) The secretary or his or her designated representative shall administer the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund pursuant to the provisions of KRS 15.410 to 15.510 and may promulgate any administrative regulations as necessa…
KRS § 15.455 Certification of program cost projections to Finance and Administration Cabinet
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Cabinet. Upon receipt of a written request by the Finance and Administration Cabinet for cost projections of the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund as prescribed in KRS 42.190, the administrator of the fund shall, within twenty-one (21) calendar days, certify in writing said…
KRS § 15.460 Supplemental payments and retirement contributions to local governments from fund -- Administrative expense reimbursement -- Fringe benefits costs -- Game wardens and Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet peace officers -- Supplements to qualified police officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs -- Receipt of supplements during period of military activation -- Due process disciplinary procedures
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from fund -- Administrative expense reimbursement -- Fringe benefits costs -- Game wardens and Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet peace officers -- Supplements to qualified police officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs -- Receipt of supplements during period of military activati…
KRS § 15.470 Purposes for which funds may be used
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Law Enforcement Foundation Program funds made available to units of government shall be received, held, and expended in accordance with the provisions of KRS 15.410 to 15.510, including the administrative regulations promulgated by the cabinet and the following specific restricti…
KRS § 15.480 Payment by the Finance and Administration Cabinet
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The Finance and Administration Cabinet, on the certification of the cabinet, shall draw warrants as specified hereinafter on the State Treasurer for the amount of the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund due each participating unit of government. Checks shall be issued by the …
KRS § 15.490 Reports -- Compensation as part of salary
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(1) Each participating unit of government shall submit reports to the cabinet on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year containing information relative to number, rank, education, training, and compensation of police officers employed by it and the disposit…
KRS § 15.500 Distribution of insufficient funds -- Unexpended funds
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(1) If funds appropriated by the General Assembly and otherwise made available to the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund are insufficient to provide the amount of money required by KRS 15.460, the cabinet shall establish the rate of assistance to be paid. (2) Funds unexpende…
KRS § 15.510 Appeals
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An appeal may be taken from any decision of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to withhold or terminate payment from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund to any local unit of government. Appeals shall be taken to the Circuit Court of the county where the controversy ori…
KRS § 15.512 Retention of records of officers having met KRS 15.440(1)(j) biennial training requirements
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training requirements. Each law enforcement agency or other employing agency whose officers are required to meet the training requirements of KRS 15.440(1)(j) shall retain a record of each of its officers having met the biennial training. These records shall be made available upo…
KRS § 15.515 Participation in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund by a police officer who is elected jailer
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by a police officer who is elected jailer. (1) A police officer who is elected as a jailer shall retain eligibility for Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund participation following his or her term of office as jailer, subject to the following conditions: (a) The polic…
KRS § 15.518 Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program -- Administrative regulations -- Confidentiality of program participant's communications and data -- Exceptions -- Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program fund -- Leave following critical incident
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Administrative regulations -- Confidentiality of program participant's communications and data -- Exceptions -- Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program fund -- Leave following critical incident. (1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherw…
KRS § 15.519 Definitions -- Officer access to private open land for surveillance prohibited without search warrant -- Exceptions
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without search warrant -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Officer" means any local, state, or federal officer who is employed or contracted by a governmental agency in Kentucky and includes: 1. Law enforcement officer as define…
KRS § 15.520 Complaints against police officers -- Manner of investigation and hearing -- Statutory provisions that do not apply
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Statutory provisions that do not apply. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Citizen" means any individual who is not: 1. A member or supervisor within the law enforcement agency that employs an officer; or 2. An elected or appointed official within the unit of government under whic…
KRS § 15.525 Referral program for substance abuse treatment -- Information exempt from disclosure under KRS 61.878(1)(a) -- Limitation of liability
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from disclosure under KRS 61.878(1)(a) -- Limitation of liability. (1) A law enforcement agency may create a program to refer persons to treatment for substance use who voluntarily seek assistance from the law enforcement agency. (2) A person voluntarily seeking assistance throug…
KRS § 15.530 Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590
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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 commissione…
KRS § 15.540 Qualifications for public safety telecommunicator -- Information not subject to disclosure -- Training requirements
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to disclosure -- Training requirements. (1) An agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator shall certify to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council within one hundred twenty (120) days after the hire date that the applicant: (a) Is a citizen of the United States and has reached the ag…
KRS § 15.550 Law enforcement telecommunicators -- Training program
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(1) The basic course offered by the training program shall consist of no less than forty (40) hours of instruction or training and shall consist of subjects appropriate for the basic training of law enforcement telecommunicators in the technique of emergency services communicatio…
KRS § 15.552 Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group -- Duties -- Meetings -- Sunset -- Members -- Development of new training delivery format -- Part-time telecommunicator training
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Sunset -- Members -- Development of new training delivery format -- Part- time telecommunicator training. (1) The Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group is hereby established as an independent entity to develop a new delivery format for the public safety telecommunicator acade…
KRS § 15.560 Required completion of public safety telecommunicator academy or telecommunicator overview training -- Annual in-service training course
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telecommunicator overview training -- Annual in-service training course. (1) (a) All full-time public safety telecommunicators not previously certified as a telecommunicator by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall complete the full-time public safety telecommunicator academ…
KRS § 15.565 In-service training courses required of all telecommunicators with access to CJIS
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CJIS. (1) All telecommunicators who have access to CJIS shall successfully complete eight (8) hours of CJIS in-service training every year at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency. (2) Extensions of time in which to complete the traini…
KRS § 15.570 Waiver of basic training program upon satisfactory completion of comparable program
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comparable program. The secretary of justice and public safety shall, with the approval of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, waive the basic telecommunicator training program and certify applicants who furnish evidence of satisfactory completion of a basic law enforcement tel…
KRS § 15.580 Roster of certified telecommunicators
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The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall maintain a roster of all certified telecommunicators.
KRS § 15.585 Reciprocal agreements to provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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(1) A PSAP as defined by KRS 65.750 or an agency receiving or dispatching emergency medical service calls may enter into a reciprocal agreement with another PSAP, dedicated phone line, or call center to provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) utilizing nationally …
KRS § 15.590 Administrative regulations
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(1) KRS 15.530 to 15.590 shall be administered by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, which shall promulgate administrative regulations as necessary regarding training, in-service training, and telecommunications practices. (2) The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council may, by admin…
KRS § 15.605 Definitions
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As used in KRS 15.610 to 15.635 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Inspection" means any regular, on-site investigation periodically conducted, or any request for information periodically solicited in lieu of an on-site investigation, by or on behalf of any public agency…
KRS § 15.610 Primary jurisdiction
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(1) No inspecting agency shall conduct an inspection or employ a standard relating to a condition over which another inspecting agency or the federal government has primary jurisdiction, except under an agreement with the entity having primary jurisdiction, or an order of the Att…
KRS § 15.620 Eliminating conflicts among standards
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(1) Effective January 1, 1977, no inspecting agency shall employ in its inspections any standard that conflicts with any other standard it employs in the same inspection or with standards employed by another inspecting agency or by the federal government. (2) Inspecting agencies …
KRS § 15.625 Appeal
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(1) Any person aggrieved by a determination of the Attorney General under KRS 15.610 to 15.620 may appeal the determination to the Franklin Circuit Court or to the Circuit Court of the county in which the appellant resides. The court, sitting without a jury, shall dispose of the …
KRS § 15.630 Injunctive relief against inspecting agency
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(1) If any inspecting agency conducts or threatens to conduct an inspection, or employs or threatens to employ a standard, in violation of KRS 15.605 to 15.635, the Attorney General, on his own initiative or upon a sworn complaint with good cause shown by any person aggrieved by …
KRS § 15.635 Effect on conflicting laws
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All sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes in conflict with KRS 15.605 to 15.630 are repealed to the extent that they are inconsistent with KRS 15.605 to 15.630.
KRS § 15.700 Unified and integrated prosecutor system established
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth to encourage cooperation among law enforcement officers and to provide for the general supervision of criminal justice by the Attorney General as chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth, in order to maintain un…
KRS § 15.705 Prosecutors Advisory Council
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(1) For the purpose of administration of the unified prosecutorial system, there is hereby created the Prosecutors Advisory Council, hereafter referred to as the council. (2) The council shall consist of thirteen (13) members who shall be residents of Kentucky and shall include: …