2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 16 - STATE POLICE 16.185 Indemnification of State Police officer sued for act or omission in line of duty who suffers financial loss -- Construction of indemnification.
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16.185 Indemnification of State Police officer sued for act or omission in line
of duty who suffers financial loss -- Construction of indemnification.
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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 capacity, and who
personally suffers actual financial loss, unreimbursed from any source, by the
enforcement and satisfaction of the judgment, including any costs or attorney
fees awarded pursuant thereto, shall be indemnified by the Commonwealth,
from funds appropriated to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the
payment of judgments, to the extent of his or her actual financial loss.
The indemnification shall be contingent upon an express determination by the
commissioner that the act or omission which resulted in liability was within the
scope and course of the officer's or the individual employed as a Trooper R
Class's employment and occurred during the performance of duty and was
committed or omitted in the good faith belief that the act or omission was lawful
and proper.
If the officer seeking indemnification is the commissioner, the determination
referred to in subsection (2) of this section shall be made by the Governor.
The indemnification shall not be construed to abrogate or limit any privilege,
immunity, or matter of defense otherwise available to the officer or individual
employed as a Trooper R Class and shall not constitute a waiver of any
privilege, immunity, or matter of defense, including the sovereign immunity of
the Commonwealth.
The indemnification shall not be the subject of comment, directly or indirectly,
before any jury hearing any cause of action in which an officer or individual
employed as a Trooper R Class is a party, and any comment before the jury
shall result in an immediate mistrial.
Effective:June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2009. -Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 68, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.
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