2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 15 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW 15.540 Qualifications for law enforcement telecommunicator -- Information not subject to disclosure.
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15.540 Qualifications for law enforcement telecommunicator -- Information
not subject to disclosure.
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An agency hiring a telecommunicator after July 15, 2006, shall certify to the
Department of Criminal Justice Training before admission to the
telecommunicator training program that the telecommunicator:
(a) Is a citizen of the United States and has reached the age of majority;
(b) Is a high school graduate or has received a general equivalency diploma
(GED);
(c) Has not been convicted of a felony or other crimes involving moral
turpitude as determined by submission of each applicant's fingerprints to
the information systems section of the Department of Kentucky State
Police and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division,
and by such other investigations as required by the hiring agency;
(d) Has taken a psychological suitability screening administered or approved
by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to determine his or her
suitability to perform the duties of a telecommunicator. Any agency that
administers its own suitability screening shall certify the results to the
department;
(e) Has taken a polygraph examination administered or approved by the
Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to determine his or her suitability to
perform the duties of a telecommunicator. Any agency that administers its
own polygraph examination shall certify the results to the department; and
(f) Has passed a drug screening administered or approved by the Kentucky
Law Enforcement Council. A person shall be deemed to have passed a
drug screening if the results are negative for the use of an illegal
controlled substance or prescription drug abuse. Any agency that
administers its own screening shall certify passing results to the
department.
Provisions of the Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884, to the contrary
notwithstanding, the applicant's home address, telephone number, date of
birth, Social Security number, and results of any background investigation,
psychological suitability screening, and polygraph examination conducted
under this section shall not be subject to disclosure.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 30, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1986
Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986.
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