16.050 Appointment and compensation of personnel -- Department of Kentucky
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State Police Personnel Board -- Organization, duties, and compensation --
Repayment of training costs.
(1)The commissioner shall appoint or promote to the ranks and grades and positions of
the department such officers as are considered by him or her to be necessary for the
efficient administration of the department. The Kentucky State Police shall conduct
a biennial salary survey, and the findings of the salary survey shall be included in
the department's budget request submitted to the Kentucky General Assembly.
(2)All initial appointments of officers to the department shall be made for merit and
fitness after a competitive examination.
(3)There is created a Department of Kentucky State Police Personnel Board consisting
of the commissioner and four
(4)other members to be appointed by the Governor,
two
(2)to be appointed from each of the two
(2)major political parties.
(4)The initial appointment of members of the board shall be for terms of one (1), two
(2), three (3), and four
(4)years. Thereafter each appointment shall be for a term of
four
(4)years, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the
expiration of a term shall be appointed for the remainder of that term.
(5)Members of the board may be removed by the Governor only for cause, after being
given a copy of charges against them and an opportunity to be heard publicly on
such charges before the Governor.
(6)The board shall elect one
(1)of its members chairman. It shall meet at such time
and place as shall be specified by call of the commissioner. Three
(3)members
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Members of the board
other than the commissioner shall receive compensation of fifty dollars ($50) and
reimbursement of travel expenses for each meeting of the board which they attend.
(7)The board shall promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the purposes
herein, which shall include provisions for:
(a)Open competitive examination as to fitness of applicants for employment as
officers; and
(b)Establishment of eligible lists as a result of such competitive examinations,
from which lists vacancies shall be filled.
(8)The board shall hear appeals from applicants for employment for which
examinations are being given or have been conducted and from eligibles on
examination registers subject to the procedural rules which the board may adopt
pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(a)A Cadet Trooper appointed on or after June 29, 2023, shall agree in writing
that if, within five
(5)years of completing the basic training course offered by
the department, he or she accepts employment as a peace officer with another
law enforcement agency, or accepts employment with another type of agency
or entity in a position that requires law enforcement training to meet the
qualifications for the position, he or she will repay to the department the cost
incurred by the department in providing training to the officer to the extent
repayment has not been made by the agency with which the officer accepts
employment under paragraph
(b)or
(c)of this subsection.
(b)If the officer accepts employment as a peace officer with another state agency
or a state university or educational institution within Kentucky within three
(3)years of completing the basic training course offered by the department,
the agency, university, or educational institution shall reimburse the
department for costs incurred in providing training to the officer.
(c)If the officer accepts employment with a city, county, or other local law
enforcement agency within Kentucky within five
(5)years of completing the
basic training course offered by the department, KRS 70.290 shall apply as
well.