KRS 15.3975: Training requirements for employment -- Biennial in -service training --

Extension -- Loss of status upon failure to complete training -- Regaining

certification.

(1) A court security officer employed or appointed after June 26, 2007, shall satisfy the

basic training requirements for employment if he or she successfully completes law

enforcement training developed and approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement

Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts of at least eighty (80) hours.

(2) A court s ecurity officer employed or appointed after June 26, 2007, shall

successfully complete forty (40) hours of biennial in -service training that has been

certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, and that is

appropriate to the officer's responsibilities.

(3) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of a certified court

security officer that prevent the officer from completing the basic or in -service

training within the time specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the

commissioner of the department or his or her designee may grant the officer an

extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in which to

complete the training.

(4) Any court security officer who fails to successfully complete basic training within

the specified time periods, including extensions, shall lose his or her court security

powers and his or her precertification status shall lapse. Any court security officer

who fails to successfully complete in -service training within the specified time

periods, including extensions, shall lose his or her court security powers and his or

her certification status shall be changed to training deficiency status. When a court

security officer is deficient in required training, the commissioner of the department

or his or her designee shall notify the council, which shall notify the court security

officer and his or her agency.

(5) A certified court security officer who has lost his or her court security powers due

solely to his or her failu re to meet the in -service training requirements of this

section may regain his or her certification status and court security powers upon

successful completion of the training deficiency.