61.887 Powers of TVA and commission peace officers.
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(a)Each TVA or commission peace officer appointed and commissioned
pursuant to KRS 61.886 to 61.892 throughout every county in the
Commonwealth in which TVA or the commission operates or owns or
controls property, including leasehold interests:
1. Shall have and exercise the powers of sheriffs in making arrests for
public offenses committed upon, about, or against such property or on
public roads and the rights-of-way passing through or over such
property;
2. Shall have and exercise the powers of sheriffs in making arrests in any
situation in which a person is placed in imminent danger of death or
serious injury;
3. Shall have authority to carry weapons for the reasonable purposes of his
or her office and in performance of his or her assigned duties;
4. While in pursuit of a person fleeing after committing an act described in
subparagraph 1. or 2. of this paragraph, may pursue the person and make
arrest anywhere in the Commonwealth; and
5. Shall be subject to all the liabilities of sheriffs.
(b)In addition to the powers enumerated in paragraph
(a)of this subsection,
commission peace officers shall have the power to enforce the rules and
regulations of the commission.
(2)TVA officers or commission peace officers appointed and commissioned pursuant
to KRS 61.886 to 61.892 may, throughout any county in the Commonwealth in
which TVA or the commission operates or owns or controls property, including
leasehold interests, have and exercise the powers of sheriff in that county if the
sheriff of that county provides prior written authorization to the TVA or
commission defining the extent of supplemental authority being granted. Any
supplemental authority granted pursuant to this subsection shall expire with the
officer's commission granted under KRS 61.886 and may be renewed, as provided
in this subsection, upon renewal of the commission authorized under KRS 61.886.
(3)When countywide authority has not been granted under subsection
(2)of this
section, a sheriff of a county in which the TVA or commission has property, the
chief of police of a city within the county, or the commissioner of the Department of
Kentucky State Police may extend peace officer authority within the city or county,
as appropriate, during a disaster or other emergency.