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61.887 Powers.

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61.887 Powers. Each TVA officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to KRS 61.886 to 61.892 <br>throughout every county in the Commonwealth in which TVA operates or owns or <br>controls property, including leasehold interests, shall have and exercise the powers of <br>sheriffs and constables in making arrests for public offenses committed upon, about, or <br>against such property or on public roads and the rights-of-way passing through or over <br>such property; and while in pursuit of a person fleeing from the property after committing <br>an act of violence or destruction of the property, may pursue the person and make arrest <br>anywhere in the Commonwealth; may serve process in criminal and penal prosecutions <br>for such offenses; and shall be subject to all the liabilities of sheriffs or constables. Such <br>power to arrest persons committing public offenses committed upon or about such <br>property, roads, or rights-of-way shall exist whether such persons are found on or off such <br>property, roads, or rights-of-way. Such TVA officers shall also have authority to carry <br>weapons for the reasonable purposes of their offices and in performance of their assigned <br>duties. Effective: June 17, 1978 <br>History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978.