2006 Kansas Code - 74-5616

      74-5616.   Eligibility for appointment as officer; certification by commission required; suspension, revocation or denial of certification; judicial review. (a) To be eligible for permanent appointment as a police officer or law enforcement officer, a person must first be certified to perform the function of law enforcement by the Kansas law enforcement training commission. The commission's certification shall be awarded to persons who:

      (1)   Are at least 21 years of age, have successfully completed or satisfied the training requirements specified by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 74-5607a and amendments thereto and meet the requirements of K.S.A. 74-5605 and amendments thereto; (2) received a permanent appointment as a police officer or law enforcement officer prior to July 1, 1969; or (3) hold a permanent appointment as a police officer or law enforcement officer on July 1, 1983.

      (b)   The commission may suspend, revoke or deny the certification of a police officer or law enforcement officer who fails to meet the requirements of K.S.A. 74-5605 or 74-5607a, and amendments thereto, or has met such requirements by falsifying documents or failing to disclose information required for certification.

      (c)   The commission shall immediately institute proceedings to revoke the certification of any police officer or law enforcement officer convicted of, or on or after July 1, 1995, diverted for a felony under the laws of this state, another state or the United States or of its equivalent under the uniform code of military justice or convicted of or diverted for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence under the laws of this state, another state or the United States or of its equivalent under the uniform code of military justice, when such misdemeanor crime of domestic violence was committed on or after the effective date of this act.

      (d)   The procedure for the public or private censure, reprimand, probation, suspension, revocation and denial of certification of a person as a police officer or law enforcement officer or an applicant for certification shall be in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act.

      (e)   Any action of the commission pursuant to subsection (d) is subject to review in accordance with the act for judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions. The attorney general shall prosecute or defend any action for review on behalf of the state, but the county or district attorney of the county where the police or law enforcement officer has been employed as such shall appear and prosecute or defend such action upon request of the attorney general.

      History:   L. 1983, ch. 256, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 306, § 3; L. 1995, ch. 180, § 14; L. 1997, ch. 168, § 5; May 22.