61.900 Definitions for KRS 61.902 to 61.930.
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61.900 Definitions for KRS 61.902 to 61.930.
As used in KRS 61.902 to 61.930: <br>(1) "Commission" means a commission issued to an individual by the secretary of
justice and public safety, entitling the individual to perform special law enforcement <br>duties on public property;
(2) "Council" means the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; <br>(3) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; <br>(4) "Public property" means property currently owned or used by any organizational
unit or agency of state, county, city, metropolitan government, or a combination of <br>these. The term shall include property currently owned or used by public airport <br>authorities;
(5) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; <br>(6) "Special law enforcement officer":
(a) Means one whose duties include the protection of specific public property
from intrusion, entry, larceny, vandalism, abuse, intermeddling, or trespass;
(b) Means one whose duties include the prevention, observation, or detection of,
or apprehension for, any unlawful activity on specific public property;
(c) Means one whose special duties include the control of the operation, speed,
and parking of motor vehicles, bicycles, and other vehicles, and the movement <br>of pedestrian traffic on specific public property;
(d) Means one whose duties include the answering of any intrusion alarm on
specific public property;
(e) Shall include the Capitol police, the Capital Plaza police, public school
district security officers, public airport authority security officers, and the <br>officers of the other public security forces established for the purpose of <br>protecting specific public property; and
(f) Shall not include members of a lawfully organized police unit or police force
of state, county, city, or metropolitan government, or a combination of these, <br>who are responsible for the detection of crime and the enforcement of the <br>general criminal law enforcement of the state; it shall not include any of the <br>following officials or officers: <br>1.
Sheriffs, sworn deputy sheriffs, city marshals, constables, sworn deputy <br>constables, and coroners;
2.
Auxiliary and reserve police appointed under KRS 95.160 or 95.445, or <br>citation and safety officers authorized by KRS 83A.087 and 83A.088;
3.
State park rangers and officers of the Division of Law Enforcement <br>within the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources;
4.
Officers of the Transportation Cabinet responsible for law enforcement;
5.
Officers of the Department of Corrections responsible for law <br>enforcement;
6.
Fire marshals and deputy fire marshals;
7.
Other officers not mentioned above who are employed directly by state <br>government and are responsible for law enforcement;
8.
Federal peace officers;
9.
Those campus security officers who are commissioned under KRS <br>164.950;
10. Private security guards, private security patrolmen, and investigators
licensed pursuant to state statute; and
11. Railroad policemen covered by KRS 277.270 and 277.280; and
(7) "Sworn public peace officer" means one who derives plenary or special law
enforcement powers from, and is a full-time employee of, the federal government, <br>the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision, agency, department, branch, or <br>service of either, or of any municipality.
Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 132, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 48, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992; ch. 211, sec. 13, effective July 14, 1992; and <br>ch. 435, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 331, sec. 15, <br>effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 20, effective July <br>15, 1980. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 2, effective January 1, 1977.
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