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196.037 Department personnel to have powers of peace officers.

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196.037 Department personnel to have powers of peace officers. (1) All personnel of the department, while acting for the department in any capacity entailing the maintenance of custody over any prisoners, shall have all the authority <br>and powers of peace officers. (2) All department personnel who are officially requested by a law enforcement agency in a county of Kentucky or by the Department of Kentucky State Police to assist in <br>the apprehension of a prisoner who has escaped from the legal or physical custody <br>of the Department of Corrections or a detention facility of the Department of <br>Corrections shall possess, while responding to and for the duration of the matter for <br>which the request was made, the same powers of arrest as peace officers. (3) Probation and parole officers, while acting for the department in any capacity entailing the maintenance of custody or supervision of any confined prisoner, <br>paroled prisoner, escaped prisoner, probationer, or other person otherwise placed <br>under their supervision shall have all the authority and powers of peace officers. Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 224, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 345, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 334, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 20, <br>effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 335, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended <br>1990 Ky. Acts ch. 497, sec. 19, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 344, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, <br>sec. 24(14). -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 106, Art. X, sec. 8.