70.282 Provision of security services for Court of Justice, courthouses, and courtrooms limited to sheriff and Department of Kentucky State Police -- Exceptions. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 70.282 Provision of security services for Court of Justice, courthouses, and courtrooms limited to sheriff and Department of Kentucky State Police --
Exceptions. (1) No agency of a unit of local government, other than the sheriff, shall provide security services for the Court of Justice, a courthouse, or a courtroom unless the
provision of the service is specifically authorized by the Kentucky Revised Statutes. (2) No agency of state government, other than the Department of Kentucky State Police or the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall provide security services for the
Court of Justice, a courthouse, or a courtroom unless the provision of the services is
specifically authorized by the Kentucky Revised Statutes. (3) This section shall not preclude any peace officer, upon request of a court security officer or justice or judge of the Court of Justice, from providing security or law
enforcement service for a specific incident or series of specific incidents. (4) This section shall not preclude any peace officer from taking law enforcement action in a courthouse or courtroom upon viewing the commission of an offense, or
upon service of a warrant or civil or criminal process. Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Created 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 16, effective June 26, 2007.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, relating to the creation and organization of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, instructs the
Reviser of Statues to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose
names have been changed in that Act. Such a correction has been made in this
section.