KRS 183.881: Powers and duties of safety and security officers -- Employment contract

permitted.

(1) Safety and security officers so appointed shall be peace officers and conservators of

the peace. They shall have general police powers to arrest, without process, all

persons who within their view commit any crime or misdemeanor. They shall

possess all of the common law and statutory powers, privileges, and immunities of

sheriffs, except that they shall be empowered to serve civil process to the extent

authorized by the employing airport board. Without limiting the generality of the

foregoing, such safety and security officers are hereby specifically authorized and

empowered, and it shall be their duty:

(a) To preserve the peace, maintain order and prevent u nlawful use of force or

violence or other unlawful conduct on the airport facility of their respective

airport board, and to protect all persons and property located thereon from

injury, harm, and damage; and

(b) To enforce, and to assist officials of thei r respective airport boards in the

enforcement of the lawful rules and regulations of said airport board, and to

assist and cooperate with the law enforcement agencies and officers.

Provided, however, that such safety and security officers shall exercise the powers

herein granted upon any real property owned or occupied by their respective airport

boards, including the streets passing through and adjacent thereto. Said powers may

be exercised in any county of the Commonwealth where the airport board owns,

uses, or occupies property. Additional jurisdiction may be established by agreement

with the chief of police of the municipality or sheriff of the county or the

appropriate law enforcement agency in which such property is located, dependent

upon the jurisdiction involved.

(2) Safety and security officers may exercise their powers away from the locations

described in subsection (1) of this section only upon the following conditions:

(a) When in hot pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law;

(b) When authorized to do so pursuant to the agreement authorized by subsection

(1) of this section;

(c) When requested to act by the chief of police of the city or county in which the

airport board's property is located;

(d) When requested to act by the sheriff of the county in which the airport board's

property is located;

(e) When requested to act by the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky

State Police;

(f) When requested to act by the authorized delegates of those persons or

agencies listed in paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of this subsection;

(g) When requested to assist a state, county, or municipal police officer, sheriff,

or other peace officer in the performance of his or her lawful duties; or

(h) When operating under an interlocal cooperation agreement pursuant to KRS

Chapter 65.

(3) Safety and security officers appointed pursuant to KRS 183.110 and 183.880 to

183.886 shall have, in addition to the other po wers enumerated herein, the power to

conduct investigations anywhere in this Commonwealth, provided such

investigation relates to criminal offenses which occurred on property owned, leased,

or controlled by the airport board. Where desirable and at the dis cretion of the

airport board's police officials, the airport board's safety and security department

may coordinate said investigations with any law enforcement agency of this

Commonwealth or with agencies of the federal government.

(4) Safety and security departments created and operated by the airport boards shall, for

all purposes, be deemed public police departments and the sworn safety and

security officers thereof are, for all purposes, deemed public police officers.

(5) Nothing in KRS 183.110 and 183.880 to 183.886 shall be construed as a diminution

or modification of the authority or responsibility of any city or county police

department, the Department of Kentucky State Police, sheriff, constable granted

police powers, or other peace officer either o n the property of an airport board or

otherwise. Nor shall anything in KRS 183.110 and 183.880 to 183.886 be construed

as a diminution or modification of the authority or responsibility of any constable.

(6) (a) Public airport boards may, as a condition of employment, require a newly

appointed safety and security officer who will participate in the Kentucky

Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund, authorized by KRS 15.410 to

15.510, to enter into an employment contract for a period of no longer than

five (5) years from the date of graduation from the Department of Criminal

Justice Training or other training approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement

Council.

(b) If a safety and security officer who entered into a contract authorized under

this subsection accep ts employment as a peace officer with another law

enforcement agency, that law enforcement agency, including a local school

board that has established a police department under KRS 158.471, shall

reimburse the law enforcement agency that initially hired th e safety and

security officer for the actual costs incurred and expended by the law

enforcement agency that initially hired the safety and security officer that are

associated with the initial hiring of that officer, including but not limited to

the applic ation process, training costs, equipment costs, salary, and fringe

benefits. The law enforcement agency that initially hired the safety and

security officer shall be reimbursed for the costs from the time of the safety

and security officer's initial applic ation until graduation from the Department

of Criminal Justice Training.