KRS 241.230: Appointment and duties of administrator, investigators, and clerks --

Police powers -- Constitutional oath.

(1) (a) The urban -county administrator in each urban -county government and any

investigators and clerks deemed necessary for the prope r conduct of the

office, shall be appointed by the mayor.

(b) The urban -county administrator, and the urban -county administrator's

investigators, shall have full police powers of peace officers, except as

provided in subsection (4) of this section, and the ir jurisdiction shall be

coextensive with the urban -county governments. They may inspect any

premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, sold, stored, or

otherwise trafficked in, without first obtaining a search warrant.

(2) No person shall be an urban-county administrator, an investigator, or an employee

of the urban -county government under the supervision of the urban -county

administrator, who would be disqualified to be a member of the board under KRS

241.100.

(3) Before entering upon official d uties, each urban-county administrator shall take the

oath prescribed in Section 228 of the Constitution. An appointed urban -county

alcoholic beverage control administrator shall immediately notify the department of

qualification and appointment.

(4) An urban-county administrator or investigator appointed under this section shall not

have the power to make arrests unless he or she is certified in accordance with KRS

15.380 to 15.404.