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95.019 Chief of police and police force to have common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs.

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Page 1 of 1 95.019 Chief of police and police force to have common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs. (1) The chief of police and all members of the police force in cities of the first through fifth classes shall possess all of the common law and statutory powers of constables <br>and sheriffs. They may exercise those powers, including the power of arrest for <br>offenses against the state, anywhere in the county in which the city is located, but <br>shall not be required to police any territory outside of the city limits. (2) The chief of police and all members of the police force in cities of the sixth class shall possess all of the common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs. <br>They may exercise those powers, including the power of arrest for offenses against <br>the state, only within the corporate boundaries of the city and within the boundaries <br>of any real property owned by the city which is located outside of its corporate <br>boundaries. (3) The chief of police and all members of the police force in all cities shall be entitled to the same fees, and the same remedies for collecting them, that are allowed to <br>sheriffs and other officers for similar services, but all fees shall be paid into the city <br>treasury. Effective: July 15, 1994 <br>History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.