KRS § 15.560 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.560
15.560 Certificate of completion of training course required for appointment or retention as law enforcement telecommunicator -- Grandfather clause -- Annual in-service training course. (Effective until July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

15.560 Certificate of completion of training course required for appointment or

retention as law enforcement telecommunicator -- Grandfather clause --

Annual in-service training course. (Effective until July 1, 2026)

(1) No person shall receive an official appointment on a permanent basis as a law

enforcement telecommunicator unless the person has previously been awarded a

certificate by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council attesting to such person's

satisfactory completion of a non-CJIS telecommunications academy. Every person

who is employed after June 24, 2003, as a law enforcement telecommunicator by

any law enforcement agency in this state, regardless of prior experience as a non-

CJIS telecommunicator, shall forfeit his or her position as such unless, within

twelve (12) months from the date of his or her employment, he or she satisfactorily

completes the non-CJIS telecommunications academy and is awarded a certificate

attesting thereto. The council shall waive the training requirements listed in this

section for all law enforcement telecommunicators who are serving on July 15,

2006, and possess a certificate of completion of an approved law enforcement

telecommunicator basic training program.

(2) All non-CJIS telecommunicators, whether originally employed before or after July

15, 2006, shall successfully complete each calendar year an in-service training

course, appropriate to their job assignment and responsibility, of eight (8) hours'

duration at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement

Council. Each in-service training course shall include a mental health component

which highlights post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress, including

symptom recognition, treatment, and available resources.

(3) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of a non-CJIS

telecommunicator that prevent completion of training within the time specified, the

commissioner or the commissioner's designee may grant the non-CJIS

telecommunicator an extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180)

days, in which to complete the training.

(4) A non-CJIS telecommunicator who fails to complete the training within a period of

twelve (12) months and any extension of time granted under this section shall be

terminated by the employing agency and shall not be permitted to serve as a

telecommunicator with any governmental agency in the Commonwealth for a

period of one (1) year.15.560 Required completion of public safety telecommunicator academy or

telecommunicator overview training -- Annual in-service training course.

(Effective July 1, 2026)

(1) (a) All full-time public safety telecommunicators not previously certified as a

telecommunicator by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall complete

the full-time public safety telecommunicator academy within twelve (12)

months from the date of hire.

(b) All part-time public safety telecommunicators not previously certified as a

telecommunicator by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall complete

telecommunicator overview training within twelve (12) months from the date

of hire.

(2) All public safety telecommunicators shall successfully complete each calendar year

an in-service training course, appropriate to their job assignment and responsibility,

of eight (8) hours' duration at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law

Enforcement Council. Each in-service training course shall include a mental health

component which highlights post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress,

including symptom recognition, treatment, and available resources.

(3) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of a telecommunicator

that prevent completion of training within the time specified, the commissioner or

the commissioner's designee may grant the telecommunicator an extension of time,

not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, in which to complete the training.

(4) A telecommunicator who fails to complete the training within a period of twelve

(12) months and any extension of time granted under this section shall be

terminated by the employing agency and shall not be permitted to serve as a

telecommunicator with any governmental agency in the Commonwealth for a

period of one (1) year.