KRS § 15.380 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.380
15.380 Officers required to be certified -- Officers permitted to be certified -- Exemptions
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15.380 Officers required to be certified -- Officers permitted to be certified --

Exemptions.

(1) The following officers employed or appointed as full-time, part-time, or auxiliary

officers, whether paid or unpaid, shall be certified by the council if all minimum

standards set forth in KRS 15.380 to 15.404 have been met:

(a) Department of Kentucky State Police officers, but for the commissioner of the

Department of Kentucky State Police;

(b) City, county, and urban-county police officers;

(c) Deputy sheriffs, except those identified in KRS 70.045 and 70.263(3);

(d) State or public university police officers appointed pursuant to KRS 164.950;

(e) School resource officers as defined in KRS 158.441 and employed or

appointed under KRS 158.4414;

(f) Airport safety and security officers appointed under KRS 183.880;

(g) Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control investigators appointed under

KRS 241.090;

(h) Division of Insurance Fraud Investigation investigators appointed under KRS

304.47-040; and

(i) Fire investigators appointed or employed under KRS 95A.100 or 227.220.

(2) The requirements of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 for certification may apply to all state

peace officers employed pursuant to KRS Chapter 18A and shall, if adopted, be

incorporated by the Personnel Cabinet for job specifications.

(3) Additional training in excess of the standards set forth in KRS 15.380 to 15.404 for

all peace officers possessing arrest powers who have specialized law enforcement

responsibilities shall be the responsibility of the employing agency.

(4) The following officers may, upon request of the employing agency, be certified by

the council if all minimum standards set forth in KRS 15.380 to 15.404 have been

met:

(a) Deputy coroners;

(b) Deputy constables;

(c) Deputy jailers;

(d) Deputy sheriffs under KRS 70.045 and 70.263(3);

(e) Officers appointed under KRS 61.360;

(f) Officers appointed under KRS 61.902, except those who are school resource

officers as defined in KRS 158.441 and who shall be certified under

subsection (1)(e) of this section;

(g) Private security officers;

(h) Employees of a correctional services division created pursuant to KRS

67A.028 and employees of a metropolitan correctional services department

created pursuant to KRS 67B.010 to 67B.080;

(i) Investigators employed by the Office of Charitable Gaming in accordance

with KRS 238.510; and

(j) Commonwealth detectives employed under KRS 69.110 and county

detectives employed under KRS 69.360.

(5) The following officers shall be exempted from the certification requirements but

may upon their request be certified by the council:

(a) Sheriffs;

(b) Coroners;

(c) Constables;

(d) Jailers;

(e) Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation security officers employed

under KRS 230.240; and

(f) Commissioner of the State Police.

(6) Federal peace officers cannot be certified under KRS 15.380 to 15.404.

(7) Local alcoholic beverage control investigators appointed under KRS Chapter 241

on or after April 1, 2019, shall be certified by the council if all minimum standards

set forth in KRS 15.380 to 15.404 have been met. Local alcoholic beverage control

investigators appointed under KRS Chapter 241 before April 1, 2019, may be

certified by the council if all minimum standards set forth in KRS 15.380 to 15.404

have been met.