15.530 Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590.

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(Effective July 1, 2026) For the purposes of KRS 15.530 to 15.590:

(1)"CJIS" means the Criminal Justice Information System;

(2)"CJIS-full access course" means an online training program administered and

approved by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency;

(3)"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice

Training;

(4)"Full-time public safety telecommunicator academy" means a training course of at

least one hundred sixty

(160)hours approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement

Council and delivered by one

(1)of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council-

approved academies in the state;

(5)"Public safety telecommunicator" or "telecommunicator" means any public

employee, sworn or civilian, who functions as a public safety dispatcher, 911

telecommunicator, or 911 call taker, whose duties and responsibilities include:

(a)Answering, receiving, transferring, or dispatching functions related to 911

calls, as the primary or secondary public safety answering point or emergency

communication center;

(b)Dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency

medical services, emergency management, and other public safety services to

the scene of an emergency; or

(c)Providing real-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases;

and

(6)"Telecommunicator overview training" means a forty

(40)hour online course

approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.