KRS 209A.120: Duty of law enforcement to provide assistance as required under KRS

403.785 and 456.090 -- Use of JC -3 form -- Report to Criminal Justice

Statistical Analysis Center.

(1) If a law enforcement officer receives a report of domestic violence an d abuse or

dating violence and abuse, the officer shall use all reasonable means to provide

assistance as required under KRS 403.785 and 456.090.

(2) A law enforcement officer who responds to a report of domestic violence and abuse

or dating violence and a buse shall use the JC -3 form, or its equivalent replacement,

as provided by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to document any information

or injuries related to the domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse.

(3) A completed JC -3 form, or its equivalent replacement, shall be kept in the records

of the law enforcement officer's agency of employment.

(4) If the JC -3 form, or its equivalent replacement, includes information that only

relates to a victim as defined in KRS 209A.020, the form sh all not be forwarded to

the cabinet.

(5) If the JC -3 form, or its equivalent replacement, includes information on known or

suspected child abuse or neglect or the abuse or neglect of an elderly or disabled

adult, the form shall be forwarded to the cabinet.

(6) The Kentucky State Police or the law enforcement officer's agency of employment

shall provide the preceding calendar year's JC -3 data, and all other relevant data, to

the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center created in KRS 15.280 by February

1 of each year.