2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 95 - CITY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS 95.440 Police and fire department members in city of home rule class or urban-county government -- Qualifications -- Examination -- Tenure -- Reinstatement.
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95.440 Police and fire department members in city of home rule class or urbancounty government -- Qualifications -- Examination -- Tenure -Reinstatement.
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The legislative body of cities of the home rule class and urban-county governments
may require, in addition to the peace officer professional standards training under
KRS 15.380 to 15.404, all applicants for appointments as members of the police or
fire departments to be examined as to their qualifications for office, including their
knowledge of the English language and the law and rules governing the duties of the
position applied for.
Each member of the police or fire department in cities and urban-county
governments shall be able to read, write and understand the English language, and
have such other qualifications as may be prescribed. No person shall be appointed a
member of the police or fire department unless he is a person of sobriety and
integrity and is and has been an orderly, law-abiding citizen. No person convicted of
a felony is eligible for appointment.
Members of the police and fire departments in cities required to comply with KRS
95.450 or urban-county governments qualified under this section shall hold their
positions during good behavior, except that the legislative body may decrease the
number of policemen or firefighters as it may deem proper.
If the legislative body of a city required to comply with KRS 95.450 or urbancounty government decreases the number of policemen or firefighters, the youngest
members in point of service shall be the first to be released and returned to the
eligible list of the department, there to advance according to the rules of the
department.
The legislative body in an urban-county government may by ordinance provide that
any person who has successfully completed his probationary period and
subsequently ceased working for the police or fire department for reasons other than
dismissal may be restored to the position, rank and pay he formerly held or to an
equivalent or lower position, rank or pay than that which he formerly held if he so
requests in writing to the appointing authority. Such person shall be eligible for
reinstatement for a period of one (1) year following his separation from the police or
fire department and shall be reinstated only with the approval of the appointing
authority.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 109, effective January 1, 2015. -Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 1985
(1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 1, effective July 19, 1985. -- Amended 1980
Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 164,
sec. 22, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 177, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 5; and ch. 386, sec. 21. -- Amended 1966 Ky.
Acts ch. 9, sec. 1; and ch. 168, sec. 1. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 13. -Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1,
effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3138-1, 3138-3, 3141, 3235dd-35,
3351a-2.
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