16.070 Uniforms, equipment, and facilities.
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(1)The commissioner is the head and chief executive officer of the department. He or
she shall provide for himself or herself, each officer of the department, and each
individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class, under the provisions of
KRS 45A.045 to 45A.650, such uniforms, equipment, and facilities, including
motor vehicles, necessary to the performance of their respective duties, but all
uniforms, equipment, and facilities, including motor vehicles, shall remain the
property of the Commonwealth. The commissioner may sell through the Finance
and Administration Cabinet, under the provisions of KRS 45A.045 to 45A.650,
such uniforms, equipment, and facilities, including motor vehicles, as become unfit
for use, and all moneys received therefrom shall be paid into the State Treasury and
credited to a revolving fund to be used by the department.
(2)The commissioner shall keep an inventory and shall charge against each officer and
each individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class the value of all
property of the department issued to him or her, and if it is determined by the
commissioner that any loss or destruction of property was due to the carelessness or
neglect of an officer or an individual employed as a Trooper R Class, then the value
of the property shall be deducted from the pay of the officer or the individual
employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class.
(3)By agreement with the commissioner of highways of the Commonwealth, the
commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police may provide for the
leasing of motor vehicles and accessories thereto, radio facilities and equipment,
office equipment, and other property or facilities, upon such terms and conditions
and for such compensation as said agreement may provide. The commissioner of
highways and the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police may
further provide, by agreement, for the service and repair at any state garage of motor
vehicles or accessories thereto which are owned, operated, or rented by the
department, upon such terms and conditions and for such compensation as said
agreement may provide. Subject to KRS Chapter 42, the department is authorized,
by lease or purchase, to acquire, maintain, and operate motor vehicles, and the
officers of said department, including the commissioner and individuals employed
as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class, are authorized and empowered to operate
such motor vehicles in the course of their duties, and in carrying out the purposes,
responsibilities, and functions provided for in KRS 16.010 to 16.170.
(4)The commissioner shall establish local headquarters so as to best distribute the
officers, individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class, and
employees of the department throughout the various sections of the Commonwealth
where they will be most efficient in carrying out the provisions of KRS 16.010 to
16.199.