(A) (1) The County Sheriff, Daviess County Public Schools Police Department, and the Owensboro City Police are authorized and directed to equip their emergency vehicles with a combination of red and blue flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights.
(2) This division (A) becomes effective immediately upon passage and publication.
(B) (1) The County Jailer and Chief Deputy Jailer may equip their county-owned emergency vehicle(s) with one or more flashing, rotating, or oscillating blue lights, visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle.
(2) This division (B) becomes effective immediately upon passage and publication.
(C) (1) The Coroner and Deputy Coroners made written requests to the County Fiscal Court pursuant to KRS 189.920(11) and (12), and the Fiscal Court agrees that the County Coroner and Deputy Coroners may equip their publicly- or privately-owned motor vehicle, or both, with flashing, rotating, or oscillating red and blue lights and a siren meeting the requirements of this section solely for purpose of responding to a report of the death of a human being. KRS 189.940 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Coroner and any Deputy Coroner shall not exceed the posted speed limit when responding under authority of this provision.
(2) This section shall expire upon the Coroner leaving office or if the County Fiscal Court revokes the authorization.
(3) This section becomes effective immediately upon passage and publication.
(Ord. KOC 560.1 (2009), passed 12-3-2009; Ord. KOC 560.2 (2011), passed 7-21-2011; Ord. KOC 560.3 (2015), passed 2-16-2015; Ord. KOC 560.4 (2023), passed 4-20-2023)