KRS § 15.565 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.565
15.565 In-service training courses required of all telecommunicators with access to CJIS. (Effective July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

15.565 In-service training courses required of all telecommunicators with access to

CJIS. (Effective July 1, 2026)

(1) All telecommunicators who have access to CJIS shall successfully complete eight

(8) hours of CJIS in-service training every year at a school certified or recognized

by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency.

(2) Extensions of time in which to complete the training specified in this section may

be granted by the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police or the

commissioner's designee.

(3) A telecommunicator who has access to CJIS and fails to complete the training

within a period of six (6) 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.15.565 Certificate of completion of telecommunications academy required for

appointment as CJIS telecommunicator -- Completion of CJIS-full access

course required for non-CJIS telecommunicator employed as CJIS

telecommunicator -- Grandfather clause -- In-service training courses.

(Effective until July 1, 2026)

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

telecommunicator unless that person has previously been awarded a certificate by

the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council attesting to that person's satisfactory

completion of the CJIS telecommunications academy. Every person who is

employed after July 15, 2006, as a CJIS telecommunicator shall forfeit his or her

position as such unless, within six (6) months from the date of employment, that

person satisfactorily completes the CJIS telecommunications academy and is

awarded a certificate attesting thereto. The council shall waive the training

requirements listed in this section and award a CJIS telecommunicator certificate

for all CJIS telecommunicators who are serving on July 15, 2006, and have

successfully completed the CJIS-full access course.

(2) A non-CJIS telecommunicator who gains employment as a CJIS telecommunicator

shall successfully complete the CJIS-full access course within six (6) months from

the date of his or her employment. A non-CJIS telecommunicator whose employing

agency initiates the use of CJIS shall successfully complete the CJIS-full access

course within six (6) months from the date that the agency initiates the use of CJIS.

(3) All 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,

of which the number of hours shall not be changed by the Kentucky Law

Enforcement Council, at a school certified or recognized by the 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.

(4) All CJIS telecommunicators, whether originally employed before or after July 15,

2006, shall successfully complete eight (8) hours of CJIS in-service training every

two (2) years at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement

Council.

(5) Extensions of time in which to complete the training specified in this section may

be granted by the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police or the

commissioner's designee.

(6) A CJIS telecommunicator who fails to complete the training within a period of six

(6) 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.