The city hereby declares its intention to participate in the law enforcement foundation program established by KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
(A) Minimum annual salary. Each officer of the police department shall be paid from the city funds an annual salary based on a standard work year of two thousand and eighty (2,080) hours
(B) Salary not affected. 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 Crime Commission under KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
(C) Education, training minimum requirements. Each newly-employed officer shall have as a minimum educational attainment a high school degree, or its equivalent as determined by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
(D) In-service training.
(1) Each officer shall successfully complete each year 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.
(2) 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.
(E) Compliance with laws. The police department and each officer thereof shall comply with all provisions of law applicable to the local police, including the transmission of data to the Bureau of Criminal Information and Statistics as required by KRS 17.150.
(F) Compliance with rules, regulations. 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 Crime Commission to facilitate the administration of the fund and further the purposes of KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
(G) Reports. The chief of the police department shall prepare or cause to be prepared such quarterly and other reports as may be reasonably required by the Kentucky Crime Commission to facilitate administration of the fund and further the purposes of the KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
(H) Fiscal procedures.
(1) The city treasurer shall deposit in an appropriate account which can be identified separately from all other sources all monies received under KRS 15.410 to 15.510.
(2) Upon receipt of any monies under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 the 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 monies paid to him under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 is included and identified.
(3) All financial records relating to monies received under KRS 15.410 to 15.510 shall be retained for a period of three (3) years and until the completion of an audit approved by the Kentucky Crime Commission and the United States Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
(Ord. No. 3.75, § 9, 4-15-75)