2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 16 - STATE POLICE .179 When public alert may be issued -- Duties of requesting agency, department, and all law enforcement agencies in Kentucky.
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16.179
When public alert may be issued -- Duties of requesting agency,
department, and all law enforcement agencies in Kentucky.
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No public alert using the Kentucky Blue Alert System shall be issued unless
requested by a law enforcement agency and, upon consultation with that agency, the
department determines:
(a) That a peace officer has been killed, seriously injured, or is missing in the line
of duty;
(b) That public notification is the most appropriate method of locating the officer
or identifying and locating a suspected offender who poses an imminent threat
to the public or other law enforcement personnel;
(c) That there is sufficient information available relating to the officer's last
known location and the physical description of any suspected offender or
vehicle involved that could be broadcast to assist in locating the officer or
suspected offender; and
(d) The geographic area in which the notification shall be made.
The requesting agency shall provide the information required by administrative
regulation to the Department of Kentucky State Police prior to activation of the
Kentucky Blue Alert System.
If it is determined by the department that public notification shall be initiated, the
department shall notify the public and private agencies and organizations that will
provide the notification and provide those agencies and organizations with the
information that the department deems necessary.
All law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the
department in the provision and dissemination of information regarding any peace
officer who has been killed, seriously injured, or is missing in the line of duty.
No law enforcement agency, other than the department, shall activate the Kentucky
Blue Alert System without the authority of the department.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Created 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2012.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 3,
provides that the Act, which created this statute and KRS 16.177, shall be known as
the "Trooper Jonathan K. Leonard Kentucky Blue Alert System Act."
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