KRS 277.280: Bond, powers, and compensation of railroad policemen.

(1) Each railroad policeman shall, before he or she enters upon the discharge of the

duties of his or her office, execute bond, with good security, conditioned for the

faithful performance of his or her duty as such policeman, and take and subscribe

an oath of office. The bond shall be executed in the county in which the policeman

resides, or in which the railroad has its registered process agent, if any, within the

state, or in which the policeman performs any duties as a railroad policeman, and

the bond shall be approved, and the oath administered, by the county

judge/executive. The bond and oath shall be entered of record by the county clerk,

and the execution of the bond and the taking of the oath shall be indorsed upon the

commission of the person so qualif ying. Each policeman so appointed and

commissioned shall, throughout the counties through which the railroad operates,

have and exercise the powers of sheriffs and constables granted police powers in

making arrests for public offenses committed upon or abo ut railroad property, and

in serving process in criminal and penal prosecutions for such offenses, and shall be

subject to all the liabilities of sheriffs.

(2) The compensation of railroad policemen shall be fixed and paid by the railroad

company for which they are appointed.