(A) The city hereby declares it intention to participate in the Law Enforcement Foundation Program established by KRS 15.410 through 15.510.
(B) Each officer of the Police Department shall be paid from city funds an annual salary of at least $4,350.00 based on a standard work year of 2,080 hours.
(C) Each officer employed on or after July 1, 1972, shall have as a minimum educational attainment a high school degree or its equivalent as determined by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. Each officer employed on or after July 1, 1972, shall within one year of his date of employment complete a basic training course of at least 400 hours’ duration administered or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Training. Each officer employed on or after July 14, 1992, shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
(D) Each officer, whether originally employed before or after July 1, 1972, shall successfully complete each year an in-service training course of forty (40) hours’ duration administered or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Training. 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) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the officer such as injury, illness, or personal tragedy which prevents the officer from completing the basic or in-service training within the time specified in subsection (C) and (D) of this section, the officer shall complete the training within 180 days after return to duty. Any police officer who fails to successfully complete the basic or in-service training within the specified time period shall not be authorized thereafter to carry deadly weapons or make arrests and may be dismissed from employment as a police officer.
(F) 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 15.510.
(G) 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 centralized criminal history record information system as required by KRS 17.150.
(H) The Chief of Police shall prepare or cause to be prepared such quarterly and other reports as may be reasonably required by the Kentucky Justice Cabinet to facilitate administration of the KLEF Fund and further the purposes of KRS 15.410 through 15.510.
(I) The Police Department and each officer thereof shall further comply with all reasonable rules and regulations appropriate to the size and location of the Police Department issued by the Kentucky Justice Cabinet to facilitate the administration of the Fund and further the purposes of KRS 15.410 through 15.510.
(J) The City Clerk/Treasurer shall deposit in an appropriate account which can be identified separately from all other sources, all monies received under KRS 15.410 through 15.510. Upon receipt of any monies 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 gross amount of monies paid to him under KRS 15.410 through 15.510 is included and identified. All financial records relating to monies received under KRS 15.410 through 15.510 shall be retained for a period of three (3) years and until the completion of an audit approved by the Kentucky Justice Cabinet and the United States Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
(Ord. 320.3, passed 4-3-73)