KRS 16.070: Uniforms, equipment, and facilities.

(1) (a) The commissioner is the head and chief executive officer of the department.

He or she shall provide for himself or herself, each officer of the department,

and each individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class, under

the provisions of KRS 45A.04 5 to 45A.650, such uniforms, equipment, and

facilities, including motor vehicles, necessary to the performance of their

respective duties, but all uniforms, equipment, and facilities, including motor

vehicles, shall remain the property of the Commonwealth.

(b) The commissioner may sell through the Finance and Administration Cabinet,

under the provisions of KRS 45A.045 to 45A.650, such uniforms, equipment,

and facilities, including motor vehicles, as become unfit for use, and all

moneys received shall be pai d into the State Treasury and credited to a

revolving fund to be used by the department.

(2) The commissioner shall keep an inventory and shall charge against each officer and

each individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class the value of all

property of the department issued to him or her, and if it is determined by the

commissioner that any loss or destruction of property was due to the carelessness or

neglect of an officer or an individual employed as a Trooper R Class, then the value

of the p roperty shall be deducted from the pay of the officer or the individual

employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class.

(3) (a) By agreement with the commissioner of highways of the Commonwealth, the

commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police ma y provide for

the leasing of motor vehicles and accessories thereto, radio facilities and

equipment, office equipment, and other property or facilities, upon terms and

conditions and for compensation as provided in the agreement.

(b) The commissioner of hi ghways and the commissioner of the Department of

Kentucky State Police may further provide, by agreement, for the service and

repair at any state garage of motor vehicles or accessories thereto which are

owned, operated, or rented by the department, upon t erms and conditions and

for compensation as provided in the agreement.

(c) Subject to KRS Chapter 42, the department is authorized, by lease or

purchase, to acquire, maintain, and operate motor vehicles, and the officers of

the department, including the co mmissioner and individuals employed as a

Trooper R Class or CVE R Class, are authorized and empowered to operate

these motor vehicles in the course of their duties, and in carrying out the

purposes, responsibilities, and functions provided for in KRS 16.01 0 to

16.170 in both an on-duty or off-duty capacity.

(4) The commissioner shall establish local headquarters so as to best distribute the

officers, individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class, and

employees of the department throughout the various sections of the Commonwealth

where they will be most efficient in carrying out the provisions of KRS 16.010 to

16.199.

(5) The commissioner shall establish policies and procedures related to the approval

and use of uniforms, equipment, and facilities, including motor vehicles, necessary

in the performance of an officer's or individual's off -duty police employment or

secondary employment.