KRS § 15.334 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.334
15.334 Mandatory training subjects for law enforcement students -- Mandatory in-service training courses for certified peace officers -- Administrative regulations -- Sexual assault investigation training course -- Domestic violence and abuse training
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15.334 Mandatory training subjects for law enforcement students -- Mandatory in-

service training courses for certified peace officers -- Administrative

regulations -- Sexual assault investigation training course -- Domestic violence

and abuse training.

(1) The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall approve mandatory training subjects

to be taught to all students attending a law enforcement basic training course that

include but are not limited to:

(a) Abuse, neglect, and exploitation of the elderly and other crimes against the

elderly, including the use of multidisciplinary teams in the investigation and

prosecution of crimes against the elderly;

(b) The dynamics of domestic violence, pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined

in KRS 620.020, child physical and sexual abuse, and rape; child

development; the effects of abuse and crime on adult and child victims,

including the impact of abuse and violence on child development; legal

remedies for protection; lethality and risk issues; profiles of offenders and

offender treatment; model protocols for addressing domestic violence, rape,

pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in KRS 620.020, and child abuse;

available community resources and victim services; and reporting

requirements. This training shall be developed in consultation with legal,

victim services, victim advocacy, and mental health professionals with

expertise in domestic violence, child abuse, and rape. Training in recognizing

pediatric abusive head trauma may be designed in collaboration with

organizations and agencies that specialize in the prevention and recognition of

pediatric abusive head trauma approved by the secretary of the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services;

(c) Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency

virus syndrome;

(d) Identification and investigation of, responding to, and reporting bias-related

crime, victimization, or intimidation that is a result of or reasonably related to

race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;

(e) The characteristics and dynamics of human trafficking, state and federal laws

relating to human trafficking, the investigation of cases involving human

trafficking, including but not limited to screening for human trafficking, and

resources for assistance to the victims of human trafficking;

(f) Beginning January 1, 2017, the council shall require that a law enforcement

basic training course include at least eight (8) hours of training relevant to

sexual assault; and

(g) Education on female genital mutilation as defined in KRS 508.125, including

the risk factors associated with female genital mutilation, the criminal

penalties for committing female genital mutilation, and the psychological and

health effects on a victim of female genital mutilation.

(2) (a) The council shall develop and approve mandatory in-service training courses

to be presented to all certified peace officers. The council may promulgate

administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A setting forth

the deadlines by which all certified peace officers shall attend the mandatory

in-service training courses.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2017, the council shall establish a forty (40) hour sexual

assault investigation training course. After January 1, 2019, agencies shall

maintain officers on staff who have completed the forty (40) hour sexual

assault investigation training course in accordance with the following:

1. Agencies with more than ten (10) but fewer than twenty-one (21) full-

time officers shall maintain one (1) officer who has completed the forty

(40) hour sexual assault investigation training course;

2. Agencies with twenty-one (21) or more but fewer than fifty-one (51)

full-time officers shall maintain at least two (2) officers who have

completed the forty (40) hour sexual assault investigation training

course; and

3. Agencies with fifty-one (51) or more full-time officers shall maintain at

least four (4) officers who have completed the sexual assault

investigation course.

(c) An agency shall not make an officer directly responsible for the investigation

or processing of sexual assault offenses unless that officer has completed the

forty (40) hour sexual assault investigation training course.

(d) The council may, upon application by any agency, grant an exemption from

the training requirements set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection if that

agency, by limitations arising from its scope of authority, does not conduct

sexual assault investigations.

(e) Any agency failing to comply with paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection

shall, from the date the noncompliance commences, have one (1) year to

reestablish the minimum number of trained officers required.

(3) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall provide training on the subjects of

domestic violence and abuse and may do so utilizing currently available technology.

All certified peace officers shall be required to complete this training at least once

every two (2) years.

(4) The council shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS

Chapter 13A to establish mandatory basic training and in-service training courses.