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83A.088 Safety officers -- Powers -- Restrictions.
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The legislative body of any city may authorize the employment of safety
officers as needed. Safety officers shall have duties as prescribed by
ordinance, which may include, but not be limited to:
(a) Issuance of citations for violation of motor vehicle offenses as provided
for in KRS Chapters 186 and 189. Safety officers shall not have the
authority to issue citations for moving violations.
(b) Issuance of citations for violation of any motor vehicle or traffic safety
ordinance enacted by the city.
(c) Control and direction of traffic on public thoroughfares.
(d) Removal of vehicles in violation of state or local laws.
The ordinance prescribing the duties of safety officers shall set out in particular
the city ordinances and the sections of KRS Chapters 186 and 189 for which
citation authority will exist.
A safety officer may issue a citation for a misdemeanor or a violation
committed in his presence. The procedures for citations issued by safety
officers shall be as provided in KRS 431.015.
Safety officers appointed by authority of this section shall have only the limited
powers as provided by this section and shall not have the powers of peace
officers to make arrests or carry deadly weapons.
Safety officers shall successfully complete one hundred twenty (120) hours of
appropriate training certified by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council prior to
being appointed as a safety officer.
This section shall not be a limitation on the power of a safety officer to make an
arrest as a private person as provided in KRS 431.005.
While in the process of securing information to complete accident reports and
notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, safety officers may issue citations
for violations of KRS 186.430, 186.450, 186.510, and 186.540.
Effective:July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994.
Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.
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