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16.060 Powers and duties of commissioner and officers.

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16.060 Powers and duties of commissioner and officers. It shall be the duty of the commissioner, each officer of the department, and each <br>individual employed as a Trooper R Class to detect and prevent crime, apprehend <br>criminals, maintain law and order throughout the state, to collect, classify and maintain <br>information useful for the detection of crime and the identification, apprehension and <br>conviction of criminals and to enforce the criminal, as well as the motor vehicle and <br>traffic laws of the Commonwealth. To this end the commissioner, each officer of the <br>department, and each individual employed as a Trooper R Class is individually vested <br>with the powers of a peace officer and shall have in all parts of the state the same powers <br>with respect to criminal matters and enforcement of the laws relating thereto as sheriffs, <br>constables and police officers in their respective jurisdictions, and shall possess all the <br>immunities and matters of defense now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs, <br>constables and police officers in any suit brought against them in consequence of acts <br>done in the course of their employment. Any warrant of arrest may be executed by the <br>commissioner, any officer of the department, and each individual employed as a Trooper <br>R Class. Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 4, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(4). -<br>- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 6.