AN ACT relating to peace officer certification and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 15.382, relating to peace officer professional standards certification, to provide that a person who has previously been employed as a peace officer in the Commonwealth before December 1, 1998, shall not be required to pass a physical agility test unless required by the employing agency; make technical corrections; EMERGENCY.

Introduced: January 7, 2025

Last action: February 4, 2025

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This bill would update state rules on peace officer certification by removing the requirement that certain officers who worked in Kentucky before December 1, 1998 must pass a physical agility test, unless their employing agency chooses to require one. It also makes minor technical corrections to existing law. The emergency designation means it would take effect immediately upon becoming law. Who it may affect: peace officers hired before December 1, 1998, and the agencies that employ them.

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