2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 16 - STATE POLICE 16.040 Organization of department -- Qualifications of officers -- Investigation of applicants.
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16.040 Organization of department -- Qualifications of officers -- Investigation
of applicants.
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The department shall consist of the commissioner and the number of officers,
individuals employed as a Trooper R Class, CVE R Class, and civilians, and
shall be organized in the manner as the commissioner from time to time
determines.
All persons appointed as officers shall at the time of their appointment:
(a) Be not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than thirty-one (31) years of
age;
(b) Be of good moral character, and in good health;
(c) Be citizens of the United States and residents of the Commonwealth; and
(d) Possess a minimum of sixty (60) hours of credit, or an associate degree,
from an accredited college or university, or be a high school graduate with
at least two (2) years' experience in the military or in law enforcement.
The commissioner shall prescribe minimum physical requirements for
appointment as an officer of the department and for individuals employed as a
Trooper R Class or CVE R Class, and shall conduct such tests and require
such physical examinations as deemed necessary to determine the fitness and
qualification of each applicant. All other qualifications being equal, preference
shall be given to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States in time of
war, who were honorably discharged.
The commissioner shall direct an investigation to be conducted in order to
determine an applicant's suitability for employment as an officer. The contents
of the investigation shall be subject to the Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to
61.884 and KRS 61.991, except that the identity of any witness or informant
involving information relative to this investigation shall remain confidential. The
identity of any witness or informant shall be subject to the subpoena power of a
court of competent jurisdiction.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 9, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts
ch. 437, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V,
sec. 24(3) and (6). -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 11. -- Created 1948
Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 4.
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