(A) The city declares its intention to participate in the law enforcement program established by KRS 15.410 through 15.518.
(B) Each officer employed by the city shall have, as a minimum education attainment, a high school degree or its equivalent as determined by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, and each officer employed by the city shall have, within one (1) year of his date of employment, completed a basic training course of at least four hundred (400) hours’ duration at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
(C) Each officer shall successfully complete each year in an in-service training course of forty (40) hours’ duration appropriate to his rank and responsibility at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, and each officer shall receive in each calendar year five (5) days’ time off with pay for the purpose of taking the required in-service training.
(D) No officer shall have his base salary reduced or be denied a normal salary increase to which he is otherwise entitled because of the salary incentive payments provided by the Kentucky Justice Cabinet under KRS 15.410 through 15.518.
(E) The Police Department and each officer thereof shall comply with all provisions of law applicable to local police, including the transmission of data to the state centralized criminal history record information system as required by KRS 17.510.
(F) As required by KRS 15.490, the Chief of the Police Department shall prepare or cause to be prepared quarterly and other reports as may be reasonably required by the Kentucky Justice Cabinet to facilitate administration of the fund and further the purposes of KRS 15.410 through 15.518.
(G) The Police Department and each officer thereof shall further comply with all reasonable rules and regulations, appropriate to the size and location of the local Police Department, issued by the Kentucky Justice Cabinet to facilitate the administration of the fund and further the purposes of KRS 15.410 through 15.518.
(H) The City Clerk-Treasurer shall deposit in an appropriate account which can be identified separately from all other sources all moneys received under KRS 15.410 through 15.518, and forthwith upon receipt of any moneys under KRS 15.410 through 15.510 the Clerk-Treasurer shall pay to each police officer the full amount received on behalf of that officer, giving to each officer a check stub or receipt on which the gross amount of moneys paid to him under KRS 15.410 through 15.518 is included and identified.
(I) All financial records relating to moneys received under KRS 15.410 through 15.518 shall be retained for a period of three years and until the completion of an audit approved by the Kentucky Justice Cabinet and the United States Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
(‘71 Code, § 32.025) (Ord. 279-75, passed 4-23-75; Am. Ord. 279-76, passed 7-14-76; Am. Ord. 2022-02-01, passed 3-9-22)