Kentucky Statutes 15.560 – Certificate of completion of training course required for appointment or retention as law enforcement telecommunicator — Grandfather clause — Annual in-service training course
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(1) No person shall receive an official appointment on a permanent basis as a law enforcement telecommunicator unless the person has previously been awarded a certificate by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council attesting to such person’s satisfactory completion of a non-CJIS telecommunications academy. Every person who is employed after June 24, 2003, as a law enforcement telecommunicator by any law enforcement agency in this state, regardless of prior experience as a non- CJIS telecommunicator, shall forfeit his or her position as such unless, within twelve (12) months from the date of his or her employment, he or she satisfactorily completes the non-CJIS telecommunications academy and is awarded a certificate attesting thereto. The council shall waive the training requirements listed in this section for all law enforcement telecommunicators who are serving on July 15,
2006, and possess a certificate of completion of an approved law enforcement telecommunicator basic training program.
(2) All non-CJIS telecommunicators, whether originally employed before or after July
15, 2006, shall successfully complete each calendar year an in-service training course, appropriate to their job assignment and responsibility, of eight (8) hours’ duration at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. Each in-service training course shall include a mental health component which highlights post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress, including symptom recognition, treatment, and available resources.
(3) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of a non-CJIS telecommunicator that prevent completion of training within the time specified, the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee may grant the non-CJIS telecommunicator an extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, in which to complete the training.
(4) A non-CJIS telecommunicator who fails to complete the training within a period of twelve (12) months and any extension of time granted under this section shall be terminated by the employing agency and shall not be permitted to serve as a telecommunicator with any governmental agency in the Commonwealth for a period of one (1) year.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2022. — Amended
2016 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch.
82, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 2, effective
June 24, 2003. — Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1986.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 6,
provides that the Act, which amended this statute, may be cited as the Lifeliner’s Act.
2006, and possess a certificate of completion of an approved law enforcement telecommunicator basic training program.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 15.560
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010 - Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) All non-CJIS telecommunicators, whether originally employed before or after July
15, 2006, shall successfully complete each calendar year an in-service training course, appropriate to their job assignment and responsibility, of eight (8) hours’ duration at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. Each in-service training course shall include a mental health component which highlights post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress, including symptom recognition, treatment, and available resources.
(3) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of a non-CJIS telecommunicator that prevent completion of training within the time specified, the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee may grant the non-CJIS telecommunicator an extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, in which to complete the training.
(4) A non-CJIS telecommunicator who fails to complete the training within a period of twelve (12) months and any extension of time granted under this section shall be terminated by the employing agency and shall not be permitted to serve as a telecommunicator with any governmental agency in the Commonwealth for a period of one (1) year.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2022. — Amended
2016 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch.
82, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 2, effective
June 24, 2003. — Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1986.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 6,
provides that the Act, which amended this statute, may be cited as the Lifeliner’s Act.