2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 15 - Department of law 15.310 Definitions for KRS 15.310 to 15.510, 15.990, and 15.992.
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15.310 Definitions for KRS 15.310 to 15.510, 15.990, and 15.992.
As used in KRS 15.310 to 15.510, 15.990, and 15.992, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) "Basic training course" means the peace officer or court security officer basic
training course provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Training or a course
approved and recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council;
(2) "Certified court security officer" means a court security officer who is certified
under KRS 15.380 to 15.404;
(3) "Certified peace officer" means a peace officer who is certified under KRS 15.380
to 15.404;
(4) "Certification" means the act by the council of issuing certification to a peace
officer or court security officer who successfully completes the training
requirements pursuant to KRS 15.404 and the requirements set forth within this
chapter;
(5) "Council" means the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council established by KRS
15.310 to 15.510, 15.990, and 15.992;
(6) "Court security officer" means a person required to be certified under KRS
15.380(1)(c) and who is charged with the duties set out in KRS 70.280;
(7) "Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice Training of the Justice and
Public Safety Cabinet;
(8) "Fire investigator" means a professional firefighter, as used in KRS 95A.210, who
has been appointed to investigate offenses under KRS Chapter 513 and to exercise
peace officer powers under KRS 95A.100, or a deputy fire marshal who has been
appointed to be a fire investigator and to exercise peace officer powers under KRS
227.220;
(9) "Law enforcement officer" means a member of a lawfully organized police unit or
police force of county, city or metropolitan government who is responsible for the
detection of crime and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state, as
well as sheriffs, sworn deputy sheriffs, campus police officers, law enforcement
support personnel, public airport authority security officers, and other public and
federal peace officers responsible for law enforcement;
(10) "Peace officer" means a person defined in KRS 446.010, or a fire investigator
appointed to exercise peace officer powers under KRS 95A.100 or 227.220;
(11) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; and
(12) "Validated job task analysis" means the minimum entry level qualifications and
training requirements for peace officers in the Commonwealth based upon an actual
survey and study of police officer duties and responsibilities conducted by an entity
recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council as being competent to
conduct such a study.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2023. -- Amended
2018 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2019. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts
ch. 22, sec. 9, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 6,
effective June 26, 2007; and ch. 85, sec. 17, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 480, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 606, sec. 98, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 2,
effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 20, effective July
13, 1984. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 7, effective June 17, 1978. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art, V, sec. 30. -- Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 129,
sec. 1.
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