237.140 Certification for retired peace officer to carry concealed deadly weapon --
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Administrative regulations -- Requirements -- Firearms instruction.
(a)Certification for a retired peace officer to carry a concealed deadly weapon
pursuant to KRS 237.138 to 237.142 shall be administered by the Department
of Kentucky State Police.
(b)Costs of certification shall be paid for by moneys generated by the concealed
deadly weapon license program under KRS 15.383 and collected by the
Department of Kentucky State Police pursuant to that section.
(c)The Department of Kentucky State Police shall promulgate administrative
regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A necessary to implement the
provisions of KRS 237.138 to 237.142. The regulations shall allow the
validity of any license or certifying documentation issued to the retired peace
officer under this section to be extended in yearly increments not more than
four
(4)times. To facilitate this objective, the regulations may authorize the
material required by subsection
(2)of this section to be submitted to the
person supervising the firearms qualifications under subsection (4)(b) of this
section, with that person then submitting the material to the Department of
Kentucky State Police and signing the license or certification in a manner that
satisfies the requirements of federal law as to the retiree's passage of the
required yearly firearms testing.
(2)Each retired peace officer who desires certification to carry a concealed deadly
weapon shall annually submit:
(a)Evidence of retired status to the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky
State Police together with all information required by federal law, this section,
and administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to this section;
(b)Evidence of successful completion of firearms qualification required under
this section; and
(c)A notarized statement that he or she is not prohibited by state or federal law
from possessing a firearm.
(3)Each law enforcement agency that employed the retired peace officer, or at which
the retired peace officer served in an elected capacity, shall provide to the retired
officer and the Department of Kentucky State Police the information required by
federal law, this section, and the administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to
this section in a prompt and efficient manner, without charge either to the
Department of Kentucky State Police or the retiree.
(a)Each retired peace officer shall annually fire twenty
(20)rounds at an adult
size silhouette target at a range of twenty-one
(21)feet, with a handgun, and
shall hit the target not less than eleven
(11)times to obtain or maintain
certification under KRS 237.138 to 237.142.
(b)The rounds fired pursuant to paragraph
(a)of this subsection shall be done
under the supervision of:
1. A firearms instructor of the retiree's former employing agency;
2. A currently certified peace officer who has successfully completed a
Kentucky Law Enforcement Council approved firearms instructor
course;
3. A Department of Criminal Justice Training certified police firearms
instructor or instructor trainer; or
4. A Department of Criminal Justice Training certified concealed carry
instructor or instructor trainer.
(c)A firearms instructor may, if not compensated pursuant to paragraph
(d)of
this subsection, charge each participant a fee of not more than twenty dollars
($20), which shall include the cost of the range, firearms instructor, range
personnel, targets, and all other costs associated therewith, but not the cost of
ammunition. Ammunition, or the cost of ammunition, shall be provided by the
retiree.
(d)A local or state law enforcement agency that desires to conduct firearms
qualification for its retirees shall schedule not less than two
(2)dates for
firearms qualification per year, and those dates shall be approximately six
months apart. The local or state law enforcement agency may charge each
participant a fee of not more than twenty dollars ($20), which shall include the
cost of use of the range, firearms instructor, range personnel, targets, and all
other costs associated therewith, but not the cost of ammunition. Ammunition,
or the cost of ammunition, shall be provided by the retiree.
(e)No employer or appointing authority of a firearms instructor who has
successfully completed a Kentucky Law Enforcement Council approved
firearms instructor course, Department of Criminal Justice Training certified
police firearms instructor or instructor trainer, or Department of Criminal
Justice Training certified concealed carry instructor or instructor trainer shall
prohibit or in any way limit the instructor from qualifying active or retired
peace officers in conformity with KRS 237.138 or 237.142 while that
instructor is off duty. No employer or appointing authority of an instructor
specified in this paragraph shall be liable in civil damages for the actions or
omissions of the instructor during qualification of active or retired peace
officers when that instructor is off duty.