15.540 Qualifications for law enforcement telecommunicator -- Information not subject to disclosure. - Kentucky Statutes

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15.540 Qualifications for law enforcement telecommunicator -- Information not subject to disclosure. (1) An agency hiring a telecommunicator after July 15, 2006, shall certify to the Department of Criminal Justice Training before admission to the telecommunicator
training program that the telecommunicator:
(a) Is a citizen of the United States and has reached the age of majority;
(b) Is a high school graduate or has received a general equivalency diploma (GED); (c) Has not been convicted of a felony or other crimes involving moral turpitude as determined by submission of each applicant's fingerprints to the
information systems section of the Department of Kentucky State Police and
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division, and by such
other investigations as required by the hiring agency; (d) Has taken a psychological suitability screening administered or approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to determine his or her suitability to
perform the duties of a telecommunicator. Any agency that administers its
own suitability screening shall certify the results to the department; (e) Has taken a polygraph examination administered or approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to determine his or her suitability to perform the
duties of a telecommunicator. Any agency that administers its own polygraph
examination shall certify the results to the department; and (f) Has passed a drug screening administered or approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. A person shall be deemed to have passed a drug
screening if the results are negative for the use of an illegal controlled
substance or prescription drug abuse. Any agency that administers its own
screening shall certify passing results to the department. (2) Provisions of the Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884, to the contrary notwithstanding, the applicant's home address, telephone number, date of birth,
Social Security number, and results of any background investigation, psychological
suitability screening, and polygraph examination conducted under this section shall
not be subject to disclosure. Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 30, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts
ch. 315, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986.