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15.404 Basic training and in-service training for peace officers.
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(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 complete at
least six hundred forty (640) hours of basic training at a school certified or
recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
(b) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of an officer
that prevent the officer from completing basic training within one (1) year,
the commissioner of the department or his or her designee may grant the
officer an extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days,
in which to complete the training.
(c) Any peace officer who fails to successfully complete basic training within
the specified time periods, including extensions, shall lose his or her law
enforcement powers and his or her precertification status shall lapse.
Further, the peace officer shall be prohibited from serving as a peace
officer for a period of one (1) year from the date that his or her
precertification lapses.
(a) All peace officers with active certification status shall successfully
complete forty (40) hours of annual in-service training that has been
certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, that is
appropriate to the officer's rank and responsibility and the size and
location of his department.
(b) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of an officer
that prevent the officer from completing the in-service training within one
(1) year, the commissioner of the department or his or her designee may
grant the officer an extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty
(180) days, in which to complete the training. If the officer is unable to
complete the in-service training due to injury or illness that prevents him
or her from working as a peace officer, the one hundred eighty (180) day
extension shall begin on the date that the officer returns to work.
(c) Any peace officer who fails to successfully complete in-service training
within the specified time periods, including extensions, shall lose his or
her law enforcement powers and his or her certification status shall be
changed to training deficiency status.
(d) When a peace officer is deficient in required training, the commissioner of
the department or his or her designee shall notify the council, which shall
notify the peace officer and his or her agency.
(e) The requirements of this subsection shall be waived for the period of time
that a peace officer is serving on active duty in the United States Armed
Forces.
(f) This waiver shall be retroactive for peace officers from the date of
September 11, 2001.
An officer who has lost his or her law enforcement powers due solely to his or
her failure to meet the in-service training requirements of this section may
regain his or her certification status and law enforcement powers upon
successful completion of the training deficiency.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 6, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 480, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000.
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