(1) The base compensation of troopers and commercial vehicle enforcement officers shall be determined based on years of service and rank, as provided in this section.
(2) (a) The years-of-service requirements for the salary schedule for ranks below sergeant are as follows:
1. A trooper and a commercial vehicle enforcement officer shall have less than three (3) years of continuous service as a commissioned trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer with the department;
2. A senior trooper and a senior commercial vehicle enforcement officer shall have:
a. At least three (3) years of continuous service as a commissioned trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer with the department and sixty (60) college credit hours;
b. At least four (4) years of continuous service as a commissioned trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer with the department and thirty-two (32) college credit hours; or
c. Five (5) years of continuous service as a commissioned trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer with the department with no college credit requirement;
3. A trooper first class and a commercial vehicle enforcement officer first class shall have at least ten (10) years of continuous service as a commissioned trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer with the department; and
4. A master trooper and a master commercial vehicle enforcement officer shall have at least fifteen (15) years of continuous service as a commissioned trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer with the department.
(b) In addition to meeting the years of service requirements established by paragraph (a) of this subsection, troopers and commercial vehicle enforcement officers listed in the salary schedule for troopers and commercial vehicle enforcement officers below the rank of sergeant shall also meet the requirements for promotion in rank established by the commissioner pursuant to KRS § 16.050.
(c) Requirements for promotion to sergeant, lieutenant, and captain are as established by KRS § 16.055.
(3) Any overtime and any salary supplement received from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program pursuant to KRS § 15.410 to KRS § 15.510 or any comparable supplements received from another funding source shall be in addition to the amounts reflected in the base salary schedules established by subsection (4) of this section.
(4) (a) The salary schedules established in this subsection are based on a combination of trooper and commercial vehicle enforcement officer
classification and years of service.
(b) When “NA” appears in the schedule, it is not possible for a trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer to be in that classification and years-of-service combination based upon statutory or regulatory conditions established for promotion or advancement.
(c) Salary increases based on years of service shall be effective on the first day of the month during which the anniversary of the trooper’s or commercial vehicle enforcement officer’s appointment as a commissioned Kentucky State Police officer falls.
(d) Salary increases based on promotion to a higher rank shall be effective on the first day the trooper and commercial vehicle enforcement officer is promoted.
(e) If a trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer is reverted to a previous rank, the trooper’s or commercial vehicle enforcement officer’s salary shall be adjusted to the salary reflected in the base salary schedule for the trooper’s or commercial vehicle enforcement officer’s applicable number of years of service and rank. The adjustment shall take effect the first pay period following the pay period in which the reversion occurs.
(f) The base salary for a cadet trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer cadet shall be forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000).
(g) The salary for a legislative security specialist, as established in KRS
16.187 and 16.188, shall be the equivalent of the base salary for a trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer with the same number of years of service.
BASE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR RANKS BELOW SERGEANT Years of Service Trooper Salary Steps Based on Rank
Trooper Senior First Class Master
Base Pay $55,888.80 N/A N/A
/A
3 years $59,583.12 $61,422.00 N/A
/A
5 years N/A $62,719.20 N/A
/A
7 years N/A $64,053.12 N/A
/A
9 years N/A $65,428.08 N/A
/A
10 years N/A N/A $65,723.76
/A
13 years N/A N/A $68,368.08
/A
15 years N/A N/A N/A
74,742.00
17 years N/A N/A N/A
77,837.04
19 years N/A N/A N/A
81,116.88
21 years N/A N/A N/A
84,499.20
23 years N/A N/A N/A
88,081.20
25 years N/A N/A N/A
88,834.56
27 years N/A N/A N/A
89,594.16
29 years N/A N/A N/A
90,361.68
(5) The base salary for ranks defined in KRS § 16.055 and KRS § 16.191 shall be set at:
(a) Ten percent (10) above the base salary for the trooper’s or commercial vehicle enforcement officer’s applicable number of years of service for the rank of sergeant;
(b) Twenty percent (20) above the base salary for the trooper’s or commercial vehicle enforcement officer’s applicable number of years of service for the rank of lieutenant; and
(c) Thirty percent (30) above the base salary for the trooper’s or commercial vehicle enforcement officer’s applicable number of years of service for the rank of captain.
(6) Beginning on July 1, 2023, the salary schedule established by subsection (4) of this section shall be adjusted annually to incorporate any increase in the nonseasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, all items, published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(7) The salary schedules shall be applied to troopers and commercial vehicle enforcement officers employed by the department on July 1, 2022, as follows:
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection:
1. Any trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer whose base salary exceeds the amount established for his or her years of service and rank in subsection (4) of this section shall retain his or her base salary and shall not receive an increase under the salary schedule until the trooper’s or commercial vehicle enforcement officer’s years of service and rank require a higher base salary than the base salary he or she was receiving on July 1, 2022; and
2. Any trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer whose base salary is below the amount established for his or her years of service and rank in subsection (4) of this section shall receive the base salary he or she qualifies for under the salary schedule for the pay period beginning July 1, 2022; and
(b) Any trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer who is receiving compensation under KRS § 16.165 shall not receive any years of service or
rank increases during any period that he or she is receiving compensation under KRS § 16.165.
(8) The commissioner may establish additional ranks beyond those provided in the salary schedules established by this section, including the ranks of major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and executive security detail. If the commissioner establishes any of these ranks, the commissioner shall set forth in a policy the conditions under which a trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer may be promoted to the rank, and the salary that the trooper or commercial vehicle enforcement officer will receive while serving in that rank.
Effective:July 1, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 1, effective July 1, 2022. — Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 186, sec. 3, effective April 11, 2017. — Created
2016 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2016; and ch.110, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2016.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2016). This statute was proposed to be created in 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 6 and ch. 110, sec. 7. 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 15 provided that ch. 110 takes precedence over ch. 109. Chapter
110 was also the later-passed bill. Therefore, 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 7 has been codified and 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 6 has not.