2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 75 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS 75.160 Attendance of chief at board meetings -- Definition of chief -- Members as peace officers.
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75.160 Attendance of chief at board meetings -- Definition of chief -- Members
as peace officers.
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The chief of the fire department in fire protection districts shall attend all
sessions of the board, except executive sessions, and he shall execute all the
orders of the board. Whenever "chief" is used in KRS 75.100 to 75.260, it shall
include the assistant chief when the chief is not on duty.
The regular members of the fire department in fire protection districts, except
volunteer firemen, shall have the same powers of arrest as now given by law to
sheriffs of this Commonwealth and they are hereby expressly declared
conservators of the public peace whose duties, in addition to their other
prescribed duties, are to conserve the peace, enforce all laws and preserve
order, and they shall have and are hereby expressly given the same right and
the same power to arrest, search and seize as is now given by law to sheriffs
of this Commonwealth, and they shall be at all times subject to the orders of
the county judge/executive in which the fire district lies while enforcing the
provisions of this section. Provided, however, that members of said fire
departments shall not have the power to serve subpoenas, summonses and
notices in civil cases and they shall receive no fees for performing any of the
duties prescribed in this section as pertains to powers of law enforcement. The
members shall constitute a law enforcement agency in addition to the patrol
and investigation functions of the sheriff and his deputies under KRS 75.150 to
75.170.
Effective:February 28, 1956.
History: Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 7, effective February 28, 1956.
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