Title III, Executive Branch

government. (1) The commissioner shall cooperate and exchange information with any other department or agency of this Commonwealth, or with other police forces, both within and without this Commonwealth and with the federal government. The commissioner may, when authorized by the…

evidence kits -- Tracking process for evidence kits -- Public portal for victims to access the system. (1) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall request from other law enforcement agencies, pursuant to KRS 17.150, and shall collect statistical data regarding the reporting…

civilian employees -- Probationary period. (1) With the exceptions specified in this section, KRS 16.150, 16.160, and 16.196 to 16.199, no officer of the department shall be removed, suspended, reduced in grade or pay for any reason except inefficiency, misconduct, insubordinatio…

(1) Any officer of the department who shall be found guilty by the trial board of any charge as provided in KRS 16.140 shall have the right, within ten (10) days from the date of judgment of the trial board, to appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court, provided the punishment be a su…

No officer shall be suspended, reduced in rank or pay, or be discharged or dismissed, except as provided in KRS 16.140 and 16.150, and with the further exception that when insufficient funds require a reduction in expenditures, the officer or officers junior in point of service s…

payroll -- Compensation -- Conditions -- Exceptions -- Appeal -- Disability retirement allowance time may be included in calculation for normal retirement. Any Department of Kentucky State Police officer, as defined in KRS 16.010, who becomes disabled after July 1, 1977, as a dir…

Prior to his or her retirement under KRS 16.510 to 16.652, any Department of Kentucky State Police officer, as defined in KRS 16.010, who became disabled on or before July 1, 1977, as a result of an injury or disease arising out of the performance of a hazardous duty in the cours…

No officer of the department or individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class shall, directly or indirectly, give, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in giving, soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political party …

trafficking. The Department of Kentucky State Police shall designate a unit within the department to receive and investigate complaints of human trafficking. The unit shall cooperate with and assist prosecutorial agencies and local and federal law enforcement, as well as law enfo…

Requirements -- Notification by department -- Cooperation by all law enforcement agencies. (1) The Department of Kentucky State Police, in cooperation with the Transportation Cabinet, the Division of Emergency Management, and media providers, shall create and operate a system to …

operate in cooperation with other agencies. (1) The Department of Kentucky State Police, in cooperation with the Transportation Cabinet, the Division of Emergency Management, the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, and the Kentucky Press Association, shall operate a system to noti…

Requirements -- Notification by department -- Cooperation by all law enforcement agencies. (1) The Department of Kentucky State Police, in cooperation with the Transportation Cabinet, the Division of Emergency Management, and media providers, shall create and operate a system to …

Administrative regulations. (1) The Department of Kentucky State Police in cooperation with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Transportation Cabinet, the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Military Affairs, broadcasters, and the news media shall operate a …

department, and all law enforcement agencies in Kentucky. (1) No public alert using the Kentucky Blue Alert System shall be issued unless requested by a law enforcement agency and, upon consultation with that agency, the department determines: (a) That a peace officer has been ki…

duty who suffers financial loss -- Construction of indemnification. (1) Any officer or individual employed as a Trooper R Class who is sued for any act or omission in the line of duty and who has a judgment for monetary damages rendered against him or her in his or her individual…

As used in KRS 16.186 to 16.195, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the cabinet; (3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police; (4) "Office…

enforcement officer R Class, arson investigator officer, hazardous devices investigator officer, facilities security officer, and legislative security specialist created within department. (1) The following positions shall be created within the Department of Kentucky State Police…

(1) The following officers shall be appointed by the commissioner: (a) Commercial vehicle enforcement officers; (b) Commercial vehicle enforcement officers R Class; (c) Arson investigator officers; (d) Hazardous devices investigator officers; and (e) Legislative security speciali…

The powers and duties of officers in the positions established by KRS 16.187 shall be as follows: (1) Commercial vehicle enforcement officers and commercial vehicle enforcement officers R class shall enforce: (a) Commercial vehicle licensure, operator, traffic, and criminal viola…

(1) At the time of appointment by the department or the secretary, officers shall meet the minimum requirements established by this subsection: (a) Commercial vehicle enforcement officers shall: 1. Meet at least one (1) of the following education or experience requirements: a. Ha…

(1) Commercial vehicle enforcement officers shall be promoted according to the terms and conditions established by this subsection: (a) Promotions to commercial vehicle enforcement sergeant within the department shall be on the following terms and conditions: 1. In order to be el…

under KRS 16.187. (1) With the exceptions specified in this section and KRS 16.193, no officer commissioned under KRS 16.186 to 16.195 shall be removed, suspended, or reduced in grade or pay for any reason except inefficiency, misconduct, insubordination, or violation of law or o…

court's judgment to Court of Appeals. (1) Any officer of the department found guilty by the trial board of any charge as provided in KRS 16.192 shall have the right, within ten (10) days from the date of judgment of the trial board, to appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court if the …

16.195. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, officers governed by KRS 16.186 to 16.195 shall participate in the following retirement systems: (1) Commercial vehicle enforcement officers, arson investigator officers, hazardous devices investigator officers, and leg…

For officers governed by KRS 16.186 to 16.195, the following subjects shall be administered in the same manner as provided for state police officers governed by KRS 16.010 to 16.185: (1) Prohibition against requesting or requiring victim of alleged sexual offense to submit to pol…

positions created within department. There is created within the Department of Kentucky State Police the positions of Trooper R Class and commercial vehicle enforcement officer R class that shall be utilized by the commissioner to retain retired officers commissioned under this c…

vehicle enforcement officer R Class. An individual employed as a Trooper R Class or a commercial vehicle enforcement officer R class shall: (1) Be a retired officer who prior to retirement was commissioned as an officer under this chapter; (2) Be a retired member of the State Pol…

individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or a CVE R Class -- Administrative regulations. The appointment, salary, benefits, and number of individuals employed as a Trooper R Class and CVE R class shall be as follows: (1) The commissioner may appoint CVE R Class employees. CVE R …

adhere to agency standards of conduct and policy -- Complaints. (1) All individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or commercial vehicle enforcement officer R class shall adhere to the agency standards of conduct and policy. (2) Any person may proffer charges against an individual…

(1) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall administer a program for the investigation of applications filed pursuant to KRS 514.130 and the disposition of property pursuant to KRS 500.090. (2) Upon a finding by the department or a local law enforcement agency assigned by t…

(1) Property taken by the Department of Kentucky State Police shall be placed with the property officer of the post to which the officer is assigned. (2) Property which is forfeited may be disposed of as provided by KRS 500.090 or KRS 500.092, whichever is applicable; however, th…

Department of Kentucky State Police treatment of transferred firearms. (1) Subject to the duty to return confiscated firearms to innocent owners pursuant to KRS 500.090, all firearms confiscated by the Department of Kentucky State Police and not retained for official use pursuant…

As used in KRS 16.505 to 16.652, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "System" means the State Police Retirement System created by KRS 16.505 to 16.652; (2) "Board" means the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems; (3) "Employer" or "State Police" means the De…

There is hereby created and established: (1) A retirement system for state police to be known as the "State Police Retirement System" by and in which name it shall, pursuant to the provisions of KRS 16.510 to 16.652, transact all of its business, and shall have the powers and pri…

(1) Membership in the system shall consist of all regular full-time officers of the Department of Kentucky State Police appointed pursuant to KRS 16.050 who are entitled to exercise the powers of peace officers. (2) Membership in the system shall not include those employees who a…

Under such rules and regulations as are adopted by the board, each employee becoming a member on July 1, 1958, shall have on file at the retirement office, on such forms as the board may prescribe, a statement of the facts pertaining to his status as a member which shall include …

Service earned while on leave -- Refund. (1) Employee contributions shall be deducted from the creditable compensation of each member of the retirement system in the active employment of the Department of Kentucky State Police of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet as an office…

(1) Except for members over age fifty-five (55) on July 1, 1958, who shall not be required to contribute, each member shall, commencing on July 1, 1998, contribute for each pay period for which he receives compensation, eight percent (8%) of his creditable compensation. (2) The e…

All the assets of the system shall be held and invested in the State Police Retirement Fund and credited, according to the purpose for which they are held, to one (1) of three (3) accounts: the "members' account," the "retirement allowance account," and accounts established pursu…

(1) The member account shall be the account to which: (a) All members' contributions, or contributions picked up by the employer after August 1, 1982, and interest allowances as provided in KRS 16.505 to 16.652 shall be credited, except as provided by KRS 61.702(2)(b); and (b) Fo…

The retirement allowance account shall be the account in which shall be accumulated all employer contributions, amounts transferred from the member account, and to which all income from the investment assets of the system shall be credited. From this account there shall be paid a…

(1) There are created and established: (a) An excess benefit plan to be known as the State Police Retirement System Excess Benefit Plan. The plan is created for the purpose of providing the retirement allowances payable from the retirement system under KRS 16.510 to 16.652 that w…

January 1, 2014 -- Election regarding payment of retirement allowance. (1) (a) Any member who begins participating before September 1, 2008, who has at least five (5) years of service credit may retire at his normal retirement date, or subsequent thereto, upon written notificatio…

1, 2014. (1) Upon retirement at early retirement date, a member may receive an annual retirement allowance payable monthly during his lifetime which shall be determined in the same manner as for retirement at his normal retirement date, with years of service and final compensatio…

(1) If a member dies prior to the first day of the month in which the member would have received his or her first retirement allowance, the member's beneficiary shall be eligible for the benefits provided by this section if the member had on file a written designation of a benefi…

(1) (a) Total and permanent disability means a disability which results in the member's incapacity to engage in any occupation for remuneration or profit. Loss by severance of both hands at or above the wrists, or both feet at or above the ankles, or one (1) hand above the wrist …

and Kentucky Employees Retirement System in hazardous duty positions -- Member contributions and employer pay credits -- Interest credits -- Termination of employment -- Options upon retirement -- Applicability of statute. (1) A member of the State Police Retirement System, a mem…

Reduction of accumulated sick leave -- Funding in executive branch budget. (1) Subject to the limitations and requirements provided by this section, the following shall apply to members of the State Police Retirement System who are eligible for benefits from the hybrid cash balan…

children, and designated beneficiaries -- Election -- Receipt of benefits under KRS 16.578 pending final determination. (1) If a member dies as a direct result of an act in line of duty as defined in KRS 16.505 and is survived by a spouse: (a) The surviving spouse shall be the be…

The government and control of the system is hereby vested in the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems. The board shall carry out the provisions of KRS 16.510 to 16.652 in the same manner in which it administers the Kentucky Employees Retirement System. In all matt…