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15.440 Requirements for participation in fund distribution.
(1)
Each local unit of government which meets the following requirements shall be
eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the Law Enforcement
Foundation Program fund:
(a) Employs one (1) or more police officers;
(b) Pays every police officer at least the minimum federal wage;
(c) Maintains the minimum educational requirement of a high school degree,
or its equivalent as determined by the Kentucky Law Enforcement
Council, for employment of police officers on or after July 1, 1972, and for
all sheriffs appointed or elected on or after July 15, 1998, and all deputy
sheriffs, and state or public university police officers employed after July
15, 1998; provided, however, that all police officers employed prior to July
1, 1972, shall be deemed to have met the requirements of this
subsection, and that all sheriffs serving in office on July 15, 1998, all
deputy sheriffs, and state or public university police, employed prior to
July 15, 1998, shall be deemed to have met the requirements of this
subsection;
(d) Requires all police officers employed on or after July 1, 1972, and all
sheriffs appointed or elected on or after July 15, 1998, and deputy
sheriffs, and state or public university police officers employed on or after
January 1, 1998, to successfully complete a basic training course of at
least six hundred forty (640) hours' duration within one (1) year of the
date of employment at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky
Law Enforcement Council. All sheriffs serving in office on July 15, 1998,
all deputy sheriffs, and state or public university police, employed prior to
January 1, 1998, shall be deemed to have met the requirements of this
subsection. The council may, by the promulgation of administrative
regulations in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A, set
the number of hours for basic training at a number higher than six
hundred forty (640) hours based upon a training curriculum approved by
the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council as determined by a validated job
task analysis;
(e) Requires all police officers, whether originally employed before or after
July 1, 1972, and all sheriffs appointed or elected before, on, or after July
15, 1998, and all deputy sheriffs and state or public police officers
employed before, on, or after July 15, 1998, to successfully complete
each calendar year an in-service training course, appropriate to the
officer's rank and responsibility and the size and location of his
department, of at least forty (40) hours' duration at a school certified or
recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. This requirement
shall be waived for the period of time that a peace officer is serving on
active duty in the United States Armed Forces. This waiver shall be
retroactive for peace officers from the date of September 11, 2001;
(f) Requires compliance with all provisions of law applicable to local police,
state or public university police, or sheriffs and their deputies, including
transmission of data to the centralized criminal history record information
system as required by KRS 17.150;
(g)
(2)
(3)
Requires compliance with all reasonable rules and regulations,
appropriate to the size and location of the local police department, state
or public university police department, or sheriff's office, issued by the
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to facilitate the administration of the
fund and further the purposes of KRS 15.410 to 15.510; and
(h) Possesses a written policy and procedures manual related to domestic
violence for law enforcement agencies that meets the standards set forth
by, and has been approved by, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.
The policy shall comply with the provisions of KRS 403.715 to 403.785.
The policy shall include purpose statements; definitions; supervisory
responsibilities; procedures for twenty-four (24) hour access to protective
orders; procedures for enforcement of court orders or relief when
protective orders are violated; procedures for timely and
contemporaneous reporting of adult abuse and domestic violence to the
Cabinet for Families and Children, Department for Community Based
Services; victim rights, assistance, and service responsibilities; and duties
related to timely completion of records.
No local unit of government which meets the criteria of this section shall be
eligible to continue sharing in the distribution of funds from the Law
Enforcement Foundation Program fund unless the local police department,
state or public university police department, or sheriff's office actually begins
and continues to comply with the requirements of this section; provided,
further, that no local unit shall be eligible to share in the distribution of funds
from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund until the local police
department, state or public university police department, or sheriff's office has
substantially complied with subsection (1)(f) and (g) of this section.
A sheriff's office shall not lose eligibility to share in the distribution of funds from
the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund if the sheriff does not
participate in the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 23, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky.
Acts ch. 480, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 244,
sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998; ch. 510, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998; and ch.
606, sec. 120, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec.
1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(10). -- Created 1972 Ky.
Acts ch. 71, sec. 4.
2014-2016 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2014 Ky. Acts
ch. 117, Pt. I, H, 2, (3) at 648.
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