SB 111 — AN ACT relating to public safety personnel.

UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BRSB 1211111/EN AN ACT relating to thepublic transportationsafety ofpersonnel. police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel killed in the line of duty.

(1) The coroner shall ensure that the remains of a police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel, as defined in KRS 61.315, or a coroner or deputy coroner, killed in the line of duty are returned to the care and custody of that person's family or other party responsible for the person's final arrangements in a casketprofessional ormanner otherso similaras vessel.to obscure the contour of the decedent's remains.

TheUpon casketthe wishes of the family or vesselother responsible party, the coroner shall beensure that the decedent is covered by an American flag.flag in honor of his or her service.

(2) The fiscalcoroner court,may ormake legislativearrangements bodywith ofthe anfamily urban-countyor government,other charterresponsible countyparty government,of consolidateda localdecedent government,described orin unifiedsubsection local(1) governmentof shallthis besection responsibleto forhave anythe costsindividual associatedreturned withto obtaining the flagcare and casketcustody orof similarthat vesselperson's forfamily transportingor theother policeparty officer,responsible firefighter,for orthe emergencyperson's medicalfinal servicesarrangement personnelby undera subsectionfuneral (1)home ofor thisa section.designated transport service.

(3)In Nothingthat incase, thisthe sectiondecedent shall be construedtransported asin requiring the fiscalmanner court,set orout legislative body of an urban-county government, charter county government, consolidated local government, or unified local government, to purchase the flag to remain in thesubsection permanent(1) custody of thethis familysection. or other party responsible for the police officer's, firefighter's, or emergency medical services personnel's final arrangements, or to purchase the casket or similar vessel for the permanent interment or cremation, or other final and permanent disposition of the remains of the police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel.

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KRS 15.440 is amended to read as follows:

(1) Each unit of government that meets the following requirements shall be eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund:

(a) Employs one (1) or more police officers;

(b) Pays every police officer at least the minimum federal wage;

(c) Requires all police officers to have, at a minimum, a high school degree, or its equivalent as determined by the council, except that each police officer employed prior to the date on which the officer's police department was Page 1 of 6 XXXX Engrossed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS SB 111/EN included as a participant under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 shall be deemed to have met the requirements of this subsection;

(d) 1.

Requires all police officers to successfully complete a basic training course of nine hundred twenty-eight (928) hours' duration within one (1) year of the date of employment at a school certified or recognized by the council, which may provide a different number of hours of instruction as established in this paragraph, except that each police officer employed prior to the date on which the officer's police department was included as a participant under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 shall be deemed to have met the requirements of this subsection.

2.

As the exclusive method by which the number of hours required for basic training courses shall be modified from that which is specifically established by this paragraph, the council may, by the promulgation of administrative regulations in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A, explicitly set the exact number of hours for basic training at a number different from nine hundred twenty-eight (928) hours based upon a training curriculum approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council as determined by a validated job task analysis.

3.

If the council sets an exact number of hours different from nine hundred twenty-eight (928) in an administrative regulation as provided by this paragraph, it shall not further change the number of hours required for basic training without promulgating administrative regulations in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A.

4.

Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted to prevent the council, pursuant to its authority under KRS 15.330, from approving training schools with a curriculum requiring attendance of a number of hours that exceeds nine hundred twenty-eight (928) hours or the number of hours Page 2 of 6 XXXX Engrossed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS SB 111/EN established in an administrative regulation as provided by subparagraphs 2.

and 3.

of this paragraph.

However, the training programs and schools for the basic training of law enforcement personnel conducted by the department pursuant to KRS 15A.070 shall not contain a curriculum that requires attendance of a number of hours for basic training that is different from nine hundred twenty-eight (928) hours or the number of hours established in an administrative regulation promulgated by the council pursuant to the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A as provided by subparagraphs 2.

and 3.

of this paragraph.

5.

KRS 15.400 and 15.404(1), and subparagraphs 1.

to 4.

of this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, the council may, through the promulgation of administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, approve basic training credit for:

a.

Years of service credit as a law enforcement officer with previous service in another state;

and b.

Basic training completed in another state.

6.

KRS 15.400 and 15.404(1) and subparagraphs 1.

to 4.

of this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, the council may, through the promulgation of administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, approve basic training credit for:

a.

Completion of eight hundred forty-eight (848) hours of training at a school established pursuant to KRS 15A.070;

b.

A minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience as a certified law enforcement instructor at a school established pursuant to KRS 15A.070;