70.290 Employment contract for deputy sheriff or peace officer -- Reimbursement of law enforcement agency when deputy or peace officer accepts employment with another agency. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 70.290 Employment contract for deputy sheriff or peace officer -- Reimbursement of law enforcement agency when deputy or peace officer accepts employment
with another agency. (1) (a) City and county law enforcement agencies, including sheriff's offices, may, as a condition of employment, require a newly appointed deputy sheriff or peace
officer who will participate in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation
Fund Program, authorized by KRS 15.410 to 15.510, to enter into an
employment contract for a period of no longer than three (3) years from the
date of graduation from the Department of Criminal Justice Training, or other
training approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. (b) If a deputy sheriff or peace officer who has entered into a contract authorized under this subsection accepts employment as a peace officer with another law
enforcement agency, that law enforcement agency shall reimburse the law
enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy sheriff or peace officer for
the actual costs incurred and expended which are associated with the initial
hiring of that officer, including but not limited to the application process,
training costs, equipment costs, salary and fringe benefits. The law
enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy sheriff or peace officer shall
be reimbursed for the costs from the time of the deputy sheriff or peace
officer's initial application until graduation from the Department of Criminal
Justice Training. (c) The amount of reimbursement authorized by this subsection shall be prorated based upon the percentage of time that the deputy sheriff or peace officer
completed of his or her employment contract. The amount of reimbursement
authorized by this subsection after the pro rata amount is calculated shall be
reduced by the cost of the training provided by the Department of Criminal
Justice Training for the subject officer. (2) If a peace officer who has been employed by a state law enforcement agency for three (3) years or less accepts employment as a peace officer with a city or local law
enforcement agency, that city or local law enforcement agency shall reimburse the
state law enforcement agency that initially hired the peace officer for the costs
expended with the initial hiring of that officer, including but not limited to the
application process, training costs, equipment costs, salary and fringe benefits. The
state law enforcement agency that initially hired the peace officer shall be
reimbursed for the costs incurred and expended from the time of the peace officer's
initial application until graduation from a Kentucky Law Enforcement Council
approved training academy. The amount of reimbursement authorized by this
subsection shall be prorated based upon the percentage of time that the peace officer
has been employed. Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 305, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.