2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 70 - SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, AND COUNTY POLICE FORCE 70.294 Employment contract for law enforcement telecommunicator.
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70.294 Employment contract for law enforcement telecommunicator.
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As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" means a city, county,
consolidated local government, urban-county government, charter county
government, unified local government, or state law enforcement agency, and
includes a sheriff's office.
(a) Law enforcement agencies may, as a condition of employment, require a
newly appointed law enforcement telecommunicator to enter into an
employment contract for a period of no longer than three (3) years from the
date of graduation from the Department of Criminal Justice Training, or other
training approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
(b) If a law enforcement telecommunicator who has entered into a contract
authorized under this section begins employment as a law enforcement
telecommunicator with another law enforcement agency during the contractual
period, that law enforcement agency or the law enforcement telecommunicator
shall reimburse the law enforcement agency that initially hired the law
enforcement telecommunicator for the actual costs incurred and expended
which are associated with the initial hiring of that telecommunicator,
including but not limited to the application process, training costs, equipment
costs, and salary. The law enforcement agency that initially hired the law
enforcement telecommunicator shall be reimbursed for the costs from the time
of the law enforcement telecommunicator's initial application until graduation
from the Department of Criminal Justice Training, or other training approved
by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
(c) The amount of reimbursement authorized by paragraph (b) of this subsection
shall be prorated based upon the percentage of time that the law enforcement
telecommunicator completed his or her employment contract.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Created 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2014.
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