2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .887   Powers.

61.887 Powers. Each TVA officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to KRS 61.886 to 61.892 throughout every county in the Commonwealth in which TVA operates or owns or controls property, including leasehold interests, shall have and exercise the powers of sheriffs and constables in making arrests for public offenses committed upon, about, or against such property or on public roads and the rights-of-way passing through or over such property; and while in pursuit of a person fleeing from the property after committing an act of violence or destruction of the property, may pursue the person and make arrest anywhere in the Commonwealth; may serve process in criminal and penal prosecutions for such offenses; and shall be subject to all the liabilities of sheriffs or constables. Such power to arrest persons committing public offenses committed upon or about such property, roads, or rights-of-way shall exist whether such persons are found on or off such property, roads, or rights-of-way. Such TVA officers shall also have authority to carry weapons for the reasonable purposes of their offices and in performance of their assigned duties. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978.