70.290 Employment contract for deputy sheriff or peace officer -- Reimbursement
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of law enforcement agency when deputy or peace officer accepts employment
with another agency.
(a)City and county law enforcement agencies, including sheriff's offices, may, as
a condition of employment, require a newly appointed deputy sheriff or peace
officer who will participate in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation
Fund Program, authorized by KRS 15.410 to 15.510, to enter into an
employment contract for a period of no longer than five
(5)years from the
date of graduation from the Department of Criminal Justice Training, or other
training approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
(b)If a deputy sheriff or peace officer who has entered into a contract authorized
under this subsection accepts employment as a peace officer with another law
enforcement agency, including a local school board that has established a
police department under KRS 158.471, that law enforcement agency shall
reimburse the law enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy sheriff or
peace officer for the actual costs incurred and expended by the law
enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy sheriff or peace officer
which are associated with the initial hiring of that officer, including but not
limited to the application process, training costs, equipment costs, salary and
fringe benefits. The law enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy
sheriff or peace officer shall be reimbursed for the costs from the time of the
deputy sheriff or peace officer's initial application until graduation from the
Department of Criminal Justice Training.
(c)1. For contracts entered into before June 29, 2017, the amount of
reimbursement authorized by this subsection shall be prorated based
upon the percentage of time that the deputy sheriff or peace officer
completed of his or her employment contract. The amount of
reimbursement authorized by this subsection after the pro rata amount is
calculated shall be reduced by the cost of the training provided by the
Department of Criminal Justice Training for the subject officer.
2. For contracts entered into on or after June 29, 2017, the amount of
reimbursement authorized by this subsection shall not be prorated, and
shall be for the full amount as calculated in paragraph
(b)of this
subsection.
(2)If a peace officer, including a university police officer, who has been employed by a
state law enforcement agency for five
(5)years or less accepts employment as a
peace officer with a city or local law enforcement agency, including a local school
board that has established a police department under KRS 158.471, that city or local
law enforcement agency shall reimburse the state law enforcement agency that
initially hired the peace officer for the costs expended with the initial hiring of that
officer, including but not limited to the application process, training costs,
equipment costs, salary and fringe benefits. The state law enforcement agency that
initially hired the peace officer shall be reimbursed for the costs incurred and
expended from the time of the peace officer's initial application until graduation
from a Kentucky Law Enforcement Council-approved training academy.