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183.881 Powers and duties of safety and security officers.
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Safety and security officers so appointed shall be peace officers and
conservators of the peace. They shall have general police powers to arrest,
without process, all persons who within their view commit any crime or
misdemeanor. They shall possess all of the common law and statutory powers,
privileges, and immunities of sheriffs, except that they shall be empowered to
serve civil process to the extent authorized by the employing airport board.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such safety and security officers
are hereby specifically authorized and empowered, and it shall be their duty:
(a) To preserve the peace, maintain order and prevent unlawful use of force
or violence or other unlawful conduct on the airport facility of their
respective airport board, and to protect all persons and property located
thereon from injury, harm and damage;
(b) To enforce, and to assist officials of their respective airport boards in the
enforcement of the lawful rules and regulations of said airport board, and
to assist and cooperate with the law enforcement agencies and officers.
Provided, however, that such safety and security officers shall exercise the
powers herein granted upon any real property owned or occupied by their
respective airport boards including the streets passing through and adjacent
thereto. Said powers may be exercised in any county of the Commonwealth
where the airport board owns, uses, or occupies property. Additional
jurisdiction may be established by agreement with the chief of police of the
municipality or sheriff of the county or the appropriate law enforcement agency
in which such property is located, dependent upon the jurisdiction involved.
Safety and security officers may exercise their powers away from the locations
described in subsection (1) of this section only upon the following conditions:
(a) When in hot pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law;
(b) When authorized to do so pursuant to the agreement authorized by
subsection (1) of this section;
(c) When requested to act by the chief of police of the city or county in which
the airport board's property is located;
(d) When requested to act by the sheriff of the county in which the airport
board's property is located;
(e) When requested to act by the commissioner of the Department of
Kentucky State Police;
(f) When requested to act by the authorized delegates of those persons or
agencies listed in paragraph (c), (d) or (e) above;
(g) When requested to assist a state, county, or municipal police officer,
sheriff, or other peace officer in the performance of his or her lawful
duties; or
(h) When operating under an interlocal cooperation agreement pursuant to
KRS Chapter 65.
Safety and security officers appointed pursuant to KRS 183.110 and 183.880
to 183.886 shall have, in addition to the other powers enumerated herein, the
power to conduct investigations anywhere in this Commonwealth, provided
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such investigation relates to criminal offenses which occurred on property
owned, leased, or controlled by the airport board. Where desirable and at the
discretion of the airport board's police officials, the airport board's safety and
security department may coordinate said investigations with any law
enforcement agency of this Commonwealth or with agencies of the federal
government.
Safety and security departments created and operated by the airport boards
shall, for all purposes, be deemed public police departments and the sworn
safety and security officers thereof are, for all purposes, deemed public police
officers.
Nothing in KRS 183.110 and 183.880 to 183.886 shall be construed as a
diminution or modification of the authority or responsibility of any city or county
police department, the Department of Kentucky State Police, sheriff, constable,
or other peace officer either on the property of an airport board or otherwise.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 187, effective June 26, 2007. -Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 300, sec. 3.
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