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70.540 County police force authorized -- Jurisdiction -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Term -- Oath -- Officers.

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70.540 County police force authorized -- Jurisdiction -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Term -- Oath -- Officers. The county judges/executive of the respective counties shall have and are hereby given <br>the power, jurisdiction and authority to establish, appoint and maintain a county police <br>force within their respective counties, all of the members and officers of which shall have <br>and are hereby given jurisdiction coextensive with the whole county for which they are <br>appointed. Such police force may consist of a chief and such member, rank and grade <br>subordinate to the chief, and such clerical and skilled employees as the county <br>judge/executive shall deem proper. All of the members and employees of the county <br>police force shall be appointed by the county judge/executive and shall serve for a term of <br>one (1) year from the date of their respective appointments, unless sooner removed by the <br>county judge/executive for neglect of duty or improper conduct. All members of the force <br>shall be citizens of the United States not less than twenty-one (21) years of age and <br>residents of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. None but discreet and sober persons shall <br>be appointed to any position on said county police force. Each of the members of the said <br>county police force shall take an oath, before the county judge/executive of their county, <br>to faithfully, impartially and diligently perform the duties of their respective offices. <br>Provided, however, that the chief officer of the county police force of any county may be <br>designated, in the discretion of the county judge/executive of said county, as captain or <br>any other appropriate title, and such county police force in any county may consist of one <br>(1) or more commanding officers, as the county judge/executive of such county may <br>deem proper or adequate. Effective: July 15, 1982 <br>History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 50, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 384, sec. 164, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. <br>Acts ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 115, <br>sec. 1.