2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 70 - SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, AND COUNTY POLICE FORCE 70.540 County police force authorized -- Jurisdiction -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Term -- Oath -- Officers.
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70.540 County police force authorized -- Jurisdiction -- Appointment -Qualifications -- Term -- Oath -- Officers.
The county judges/executive of the respective counties shall have and are hereby
given the power, jurisdiction and authority to establish, appoint and maintain a
county police force within their respective counties, all of the members and officers
of which shall have and are hereby given jurisdiction coextensive with the whole
county for which they are appointed. Such police force may consist of a chief and
such member, rank and grade subordinate to the chief, and such clerical and skilled
employees as the county judge/executive shall deem proper. All of the members and
employees of the county police force shall be appointed by the county
judge/executive and shall serve for a term of one (1) year from the date of their
respective appointments, unless sooner removed by the county judge/executive for
neglect of duty or improper conduct. All members of the force shall be citizens of the
United States not less than twenty-one (21) years of age and residents of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky. None but discreet and sober persons shall be
appointed to any position on said county police force. Each of the members of the
said county police force shall take an oath, before the county judge/executive of their
county, to faithfully, impartially and diligently perform the duties of their respective
offices. Provided, however, that the chief officer of the county police force of any
county may be designated, in the discretion of the county judge/executive of said
county, as captain or any other appropriate title, and such county police force in any
county may consist of one (1) or more commanding officers, as the county
judge/executive of such county may deem proper or adequate.
Effective:July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 50, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 164, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st
Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Created 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 1.
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