2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 61 GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO OFFICES AND OFFICERS -- SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -- EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 61.887 Powers.
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61.887 Powers.
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(2)
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Each TVA or commission officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to KRS
61.886 to 61.892 throughout every county in the Commonwealth in which TVA or
the commission operates or owns or controls property, including leasehold interests:
(a) Shall have and exercise the powers of sheriffs in making arrests for public
offenses committed upon, about, or against such property or on public roads
and the rights-of-way passing through or over such property;
(b) Shall have and exercise the powers of sheriffs in making arrests in any
situation in which a person is placed in imminent danger of death or serious
injury;
(c) Shall have authority to carry weapons for the reasonable purposes of his or her
office and in performance of his or her assigned duties;
(d) While in pursuit of a person fleeing after committing an act described in
paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection, may pursue the person and make arrest
anywhere in the Commonwealth; and
(e) Shall be subject to all the liabilities of sheriffs.
TVA officers appointed and commissioned pursuant to KRS 61.886 to 61.892 may,
throughout any county in the Commonwealth in which TVA operates or owns or
controls property, including leasehold interests, have and exercise the powers of
sheriff in that county if the sheriff of that county provides prior written
authorization to the TVA defining the extent of supplemental authority being
granted. Any supplemental authority granted pursuant to this subsection shall expire
with the officer's commission granted under KRS 61.886 and may be renewed, as
provided in this subsection, upon renewal of the commission authorized under KRS
61.886.
When countywide authority has not been granted under subsection (2) of this
section, a sheriff of a county in which the TVA has property, the chief of police of a
city within the county, or the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State
Police may extend peace officer authority within the city or county, as appropriate,
during a disaster or other emergency.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011. -- Created 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978.
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