KRS 201.140: Parole officers -- Powers and duties.

(1) The board may, with the approval of the county judge/executive, appoint, to serve at

the pleasure of the board, one (1) or more persons, of more than twenty -one (21)

years of age, as parole officers. The parole officers shall apprehend or arrest, and

take into custody wherever found in this state children who escape from the home,

and return them to the home. Parole officers shall also, under the direction of the

board, convey children of the home to any point in the state, and perform such other

duties as the board requires of them. Such officers shall also have the general

powers of peace officers.

(2) In making the apprehension or arrest of such escaped child, in any county other than

that in which the home is located, the parole officer shall first secur e a writ or

process issued by the District Judge of the county wherein the home is located

authorizing the parole officer to make such apprehension or arrest and to return the

escaped child to the home, and this writ or process shall be the parole officer' s

authority in the premises.