(a) In addition to the qualifications for each class established by the respective appointing authority, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section or otherwise provided by law, it shall be understood that to be eligible for appointment to a position provided for in article III, an applicant must:
(1) Be not less than eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Be able to understand the English language and follow instructions, provided that ability to read and/or write shall be required only where it is a bona fide occupational requirement;
(3) Have, in the case of positions involving the operation of a motor vehicle, a driver's license, or for those positions which require it, a commercial driver's license (CDL); and
(4) Pass the required medical examination as specified by the director if being appointed to a position requiring a medical examination.
(b) There shall be no residency requirements for appointment to a position provided for in article III provided that all such appointees shall reside in such proximity to Fayette County as to be able to respond for on-call or emergency duty within a reasonable time.
(c) (1) As used in this subsection:
(i) Child means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(ii) Sex crime means a criminal conviction for a violation or attempted violation of Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapters 510, 529, 530, 531 and any other applicable chapters or Kentucky Administrative Regulations. Conviction for a violation or an attempted violation of an offense committed outside Kentucky is a sex crime if such offense would have been a crime as defined in Kentucky statutes or regulations.
(iii) Central criminal records file check means a check of criminal records pursuant to KRS 17.160 or any other applicable Kentucky Revised Statutes or Kentucky Administrative Regulations.
(2) All applicants for appointment to an unclassified civil service position which would be required to exercise supervisory or disciplinary control over children as a condition of employment shall submit to a central criminal records file check for prior sex crime convictions. Any prospective employee who has a prior sex crime conviction shall not be hired by the urban county government in any capacity which would place the prospective employee in a position of supervisory or disciplinary control over children.
(3) The director shall be responsible for administering the records check program.
(d) In addition to the qualifications for each class as set forth in the job descriptions, it shall be understood that to be eligible for initial appointment to the police academy, an applicant must satisfy all of the following requirements:
(1) Be able to read, write and understand the English language and follow instructions.
(2) Be a person of sobriety and integrity and is and has been an orderly, law abiding citizen.
(3) Be a citizen of the United States.
(4) Never have been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
(5) Must not have within a period of two (2) years hired himself out, performed any service, or received any compensation from any private source for acting, as a privately paid detective, policeman, guard, peace officer or otherwise as an active participant in any labor dispute, or conducted the business of a private detective agency or of any agency supplying private detectives, private policemen or private guards, or advertised or solicited any such business in connection with any labor dispute.
(6) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and shall not have reached their forty-first birthday by the application filing deadline date.
(7) Have a driver's license, or for those positions which require it, a commercial driver's license (CDL).
(8) Be a graduate of an accredited high school or have been awarded a governmental educational diploma.
(9) Not have been, in the twelve (12) months preceding application, suspended for cause, or dismissed or forced to resign from any previous employment for cause. The director shall establish reasonable rules necessary to implement this subsection.
(Ord. No. 230-83, § 1, 11-22-83; Ord. No. 238-85, § 2, 11-12-85; Ord. No. 97-96, § 4, 6-13-96; Ord. No. 93-2009, § 2, 6-11-09; Ord. No. 060-2022 , § 4, 7-5-22)
Charter references(s)—Unclassified civil service, § 9.06.