(1) A peace officer certified pursuant to KRS § 15.380 to KRS § 15.404, who is directly employed as a police officer by a Kentucky city, county, or urban-county government and whose department meets the requirements of KRS § 15.440 and a sheriff, or deputy sheriff who has been certified pursuant to KRS § 15.380 to KRS § 15.404, who is officially requested by a law enforcement agency in another county in Kentucky to assist in any matter within the jurisdiction of the requesting agency shall possess, while responding to and for the duration of the matter for which the request was made, the same powers of arrest in the requesting county as he possesses in the county in which he is a police officer.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not:
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 431.007

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(a) Authorize assistance in any labor dispute or strike;
(b) Authorize assistance by a constable or deputy constable; (c) Authorize assistance by a special local peace officer; or (d) Authorize assistance by a special deputy sheriff.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007. — Created
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.

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