61.887 Powers. - Kentucky Statutes

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61.887 Powers. Each TVA officer appointed and commissioned pursuant to KRS 61.886 to 61.892
throughout every county in the Commonwealth in which TVA operates or owns or
controls property, including leasehold interests, shall have and exercise the powers of
sheriffs and constables 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; and while in pursuit of a person fleeing from the property after committing
an act of violence or destruction of the property, may pursue the person and make arrest
anywhere in the Commonwealth; may serve process in criminal and penal prosecutions
for such offenses; and shall be subject to all the liabilities of sheriffs or constables. Such
power to arrest persons committing public offenses committed upon or about such
property, roads, or rights-of-way shall exist whether such persons are found on or off such
property, roads, or rights-of-way. Such TVA officers shall also have authority to carry
weapons for the reasonable purposes of their offices and in performance of their assigned
duties. Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978.