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70.290 Employment contract for deputy sheriff or peace officer -- Reimbursement of law enforcement agency when deputy or peace officer accepts employment with another agency.

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Page 1 of 1 70.290 Employment contract for deputy sheriff or peace officer -- Reimbursement of law enforcement agency when deputy or peace officer accepts employment <br>with another agency. (1) (a) City and county law enforcement agencies, including sheriff's offices, may, as a condition of employment, require a newly appointed deputy sheriff or peace <br>officer who will participate in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation <br>Fund Program, authorized by KRS 15.410 to 15.510, to enter into an <br>employment contract for a period of no longer than three (3) years from the <br>date of graduation from the Department of Criminal Justice Training, or other <br>training approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. (b) If a deputy sheriff or peace officer who has entered into a contract authorized under this subsection accepts employment as a peace officer with another law <br>enforcement agency, that law enforcement agency shall reimburse the law <br>enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy sheriff or peace officer for <br>the actual costs incurred and expended which are associated with the initial <br>hiring of that officer, including but not limited to the application process, <br>training costs, equipment costs, salary and fringe benefits. The law <br>enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy sheriff or peace officer shall <br>be reimbursed for the costs from the time of the deputy sheriff or peace <br>officer's initial application until graduation from the Department of Criminal <br>Justice Training. (c) The amount of reimbursement authorized by this subsection shall be prorated based upon the percentage of time that the deputy sheriff or peace officer <br>completed of his or her employment contract. The amount of reimbursement <br>authorized by this subsection after the pro rata amount is calculated shall be <br>reduced by the cost of the training provided by the Department of Criminal <br>Justice Training for the subject officer. (2) If a peace officer who has been employed by a state law enforcement agency for three (3) years or less accepts employment as a peace officer with a city or local law <br>enforcement agency, that city or local law enforcement agency shall reimburse the <br>state law enforcement agency that initially hired the peace officer for the costs <br>expended with the initial hiring of that officer, including but not limited to the <br>application process, training costs, equipment costs, salary and fringe benefits. The <br>state law enforcement agency that initially hired the peace officer shall be <br>reimbursed for the costs incurred and expended from the time of the peace officer's <br>initial application until graduation from a Kentucky Law Enforcement Council <br>approved training academy. The amount of reimbursement authorized by this <br>subsection shall be prorated based upon the percentage of time that the peace officer <br>has been employed. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 305, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.