KRS 150.097: Indemnification by the Commonwealth of game warden who is sued in his

or her individual capacity and personally suffers financial loss --

Indemnification contingent upon findings that the act or omission which

resulted in liability was lawful and proper and within the officer's scope and

course of employment -- Indemnification does not abrogate, limit, or constitute

a waiver of any privilege, immunity, or matter of defense otherwise available

to the game warden.

(1) Any game warden who is su ed for any act or omission in the line of duty and who

has a judgment for monetary damages rendered against him or her in his or her

individual capacity, and who personally suffers actual financial loss, unreimbursed

from any source, by the enforcement and satisfaction of the judgment, including

any costs or attorney fees awarded pursuant thereto, shall be indemnified by the

Commonwealth, from funds appropriated to the fish and game fund for the payment

of judgments, to the extent of his or her actual financial loss.

(2) The indemnification shall be contingent upon an express determination by the

commissioner that the act or omission which resulted in liability was within the

scope and course of employment of the game warden, and occurred during the

performance of duty, and was committed or omitted in the good faith belief that the

act or omission was lawful and proper.

(3) The indemnification shall not be construed to abrogate or limit any privilege,

immunity, or matter of defense otherwise available to the game warden and shall

not constitute a waiver of any privilege, immunity, or matter of defense, including

the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth.