16.060 Powers and duties of commissioner and officers. - Kentucky Statutes

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16.060 Powers and duties of commissioner and officers. It shall be the duty of the commissioner, each officer of the department, and each
individual employed as a Trooper R Class to detect and prevent crime, apprehend
criminals, maintain law and order throughout the state, to collect, classify and maintain
information useful for the detection of crime and the identification, apprehension and
conviction of criminals and to enforce the criminal, as well as the motor vehicle and
traffic laws of the Commonwealth. To this end the commissioner, each officer of the
department, and each individual employed as a Trooper R Class is individually vested
with the powers of a peace officer and shall have in all parts of the state the same powers
with respect to criminal matters and enforcement of the laws relating thereto as sheriffs,
constables and police officers in their respective jurisdictions, and shall possess all the
immunities and matters of defense now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs,
constables and police officers in any suit brought against them in consequence of acts
done in the course of their employment. Any warrant of arrest may be executed by the
commissioner, any officer of the department, and each individual employed as a Trooper
R Class. Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 4, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(4). -
- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 6.