KRS § 237.140 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 237 / Section 237.140
237.140 Certification for retired peace officer to carry concealed deadly weapon -- Administrative regulations -- Requirements -- Firearms instruction
Status: in_force

237.140 Certification for retired peace officer to carry concealed deadly weapon --

Administrative regulations -- Requirements -- Firearms instruction.

(1) (a) Certification for a retired peace officer to carry a concealed deadly weapon

pursuant to KRS 237.138 to 237.142 shall be administered by the Department

of Kentucky State Police.

(b) Costs of certification shall be paid for by moneys generated by the concealed

deadly weapon license program under KRS 15.383 and collected by the

Department of Kentucky State Police pursuant to that section.

(c) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall promulgate administrative

regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A necessary to implement the

provisions of KRS 237.138 to 237.142. The regulations shall allow the

validity of any license or certifying documentation issued to the retired peace

officer under this section to be extended in yearly increments not more than

four (4) times. To facilitate this objective, the regulations may authorize the

material required by subsection (2) of this section to be submitted to the

person supervising the firearms qualifications under subsection (4)(b) of this

section, with that person then submitting the material to the Department of

Kentucky State Police and signing the license or certification in a manner that

satisfies the requirements of federal law as to the retiree's passage of the

required yearly firearms testing.

(2) Each retired peace officer who desires certification to carry a concealed deadly

weapon shall annually submit:

(a) Evidence of retired status to the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky

State Police together with all information required by federal law, this section,

and administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to this section;

(b) Evidence of successful completion of firearms qualification required under

this section; and

(c) A notarized statement that he or she is not prohibited by state or federal law

from possessing a firearm.

(3) Each law enforcement agency that employed the retired peace officer, or at which

the retired peace officer served in an elected capacity, shall provide to the retired

officer and the Department of Kentucky State Police the information required by

federal law, this section, and the administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to

this section in a prompt and efficient manner, without charge either to the

Department of Kentucky State Police or the retiree.

(4) (a) Each retired peace officer shall annually fire twenty (20) rounds at an adult

size silhouette target at a range of twenty-one (21) feet, with a handgun, and

shall hit the target not less than eleven (11) times to obtain or maintain

certification under KRS 237.138 to 237.142.

(b) The rounds fired pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be done

under the supervision of:

1. A firearms instructor of the retiree's former employing agency;

2. A currently certified peace officer who has successfully completed a

Kentucky Law Enforcement Council approved firearms instructor

course;

3. A Department of Criminal Justice Training certified police firearms

instructor or instructor trainer; or

4. A Department of Criminal Justice Training certified concealed carry

instructor or instructor trainer.

(c) A firearms instructor may, if not compensated pursuant to paragraph (d) of

this subsection, charge each participant a fee of not more than twenty dollars

($20), which shall include the cost of the range, firearms instructor, range

personnel, targets, and all other costs associated therewith, but not the cost of

ammunition. Ammunition, or the cost of ammunition, shall be provided by the

retiree.

(d) A local or state law enforcement agency that desires to conduct firearms

qualification for its retirees shall schedule not less than two (2) dates for

firearms qualification per year, and those dates shall be approximately six (6)

months apart. The local or state law enforcement agency may charge each

participant a fee of not more than twenty dollars ($20), which shall include the

cost of use of the range, firearms instructor, range personnel, targets, and all

other costs associated therewith, but not the cost of ammunition. Ammunition,

or the cost of ammunition, shall be provided by the retiree.

(e) No employer or appointing authority of a firearms instructor who has

successfully completed a Kentucky Law Enforcement Council approved

firearms instructor course, Department of Criminal Justice Training certified

police firearms instructor or instructor trainer, or Department of Criminal

Justice Training certified concealed carry instructor or instructor trainer shall

prohibit or in any way limit the instructor from qualifying active or retired

peace officers in conformity with KRS 237.138 or 237.142 while that

instructor is off duty. No employer or appointing authority of an instructor

specified in this paragraph shall be liable in civil damages for the actions or

omissions of the instructor during qualification of active or retired peace

officers when that instructor is off duty.